People ex rel. Deuel v. Shaw

Order affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party. Memorandum: We think that the court should have instructed the physician, who had treated defendant and whom defendant called as a witness, to *978answer certain questions which the physician had refused to answer upon the ground that he had not received compensation to testify as an expert. A physician, when subpoenaed, must attend court and may be required to testify to what he knows. “ As to any fact within the knowledge of a professional witness, he stands upon an equality with every other witness. But it is well settled that a…