Ferry-Hallock Co. v. Orange Hat Box Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Equity. Suit by the Ferry-Hallock Company against the Orange Hat Box Company for infringement of letters patent No. 574,894. On motion to compel witness to answer questions.
1Opinion of the Court
RELLSTAB, District Judge.
The unanswered questions were asked on cross-examination of Oscar F. Gunz and Lee T. Hallock, two of the complainant’s witnesses. The right to have such questions answered depends not upon their competency, materiality, or relevancy, hut whether they were “within the scope of cross-examination.
Cross-examination must be confined to the subjects of the direct-examination, and, if the cross-examiner desires to examine as to other matters, the proper practice is to malee the witness his own at the proper time in presenting his own case. Aeolian Co. v. Standard Music Roll…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Æolian Co. v. Standard Music Roll Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1910
- Ferry v. Waring Hat Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1900
3Cited by3 opinions
- Aplin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
- Young v. Welch Mfg. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1912
- Orange Hat Box Co. v. Ferry-Hallock Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912