Joyce Bros. v. Stanfield
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Owyhee County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. In proving values in the ordinary case, it is not necessary to qualify the witness as an expert. (McKissick v. Oregon Short Line By.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Owyhee County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. In proving values in the ordinary case, it is not necessary to qualify the witness as an expert. (McKissick v. Oregon Short Line By. Go., 13 Ida. 195, 89 Pac. 629; Rankin v. Caldwell, 15 Ida. 625, 99 Pac. 108.) It is proper to permit a witness to give his estimate as to values, after having stated his grounds for the estimate. (Jones on Evidence, 2d ed., par. 363; Boseborough v. WJdttington, 15 Ida. 100, 96 Pac. 437.) A party desiring…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment based on a verdict awarding damages because of trespass by appellant’s sheep on inclosed land of respondent and the destruction by them of wild vegetation growing thereon which was valuable for pasturage purposes.
*70Appellant assigns as error the action of the court overruling his objection to a question propounded to a witness for respondent as to the use to which the latter had put or intended to put the land. The objection questioned the materiality. of the fact sought to be shown because no foundation had been laid in the pleadings for the recovery of…
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- Barter v. Stewart Mining Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1913
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