Reynolds v. Shanks

This action was to recover for mason work; and the defendant claimed to have been damaged by the improper and unskillful construction of the work. She produ'ced a witness who stated that he was a car builder, and having stated also that- he had examined the wall in question, the defendant’s counsel then asked: “ What was the condition of the wall at the time you examined it ?”

This was objected to, and excluded, upon the ground that it called for the opinion of the witness upon a matter of skill in *308mason work, as to wbicb be was not an expert. That he was not entitled tó give such an opinion…