 | Elisha Hammond - 1840 - 206 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admississible whenever the subject-matter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order to the attainment of a knowlegde of it... | |
 | John William Smith - 1841 - 744 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible whenever the subject-matter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it;... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1854 - 650 pages
...of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to Hill rt. Lafayette Insurance Company. prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it...when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it... | |
 | John William Smith, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, John William Wallace - 1855 - 1006 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible whenever the subject-matter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...without such assistance, in other words, when *it so J far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1858 - 934 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subject-matter of inquiry is such, that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the character of a science or art, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to obtain... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1860 - 688 pages
...trial of issues involving questions of art, science, skill, trade, or of other matters so far partaking of the nature of a science or art as to require a course of study or habit in order to attain a knowledge of them, the opinions of persons called experts, instructed... | |
 | Theodore Thring - 1861 - 416 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subject matter of inquiry is such, that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the character of a science or art, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to obtain... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1913 - 710 pages
...have adopted the rule of admitting the opinions of witnesses whenever the subject matter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...correct judgment upon it without such assistance." (Jones on Evidence, — 2d ed. — sec. 367.) While it is often difficult to draw the line between... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, wherever the subject matter of enquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it v:ithout such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 pages
...opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, wherever the subject-matter of enquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to...when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it... | |
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On the one hand, it appears to be admitted that the opinions of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subject matter of inquiry is such that inexperienced persons are unlikely to prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon... 
