Dellinger v. Elliott Building Co.

Tbe plaintiff offered in evidence tbe intestate’s dying declarations as to tbe cause of bis injury. Upon objection by tbe defendants, tbe judge granted their counsel a preliminary examination on this point, and in response tbe witness said: “He (tbe intestate) told me be could not get well; said a block bad done it; said be could not live; told me what to do witb bis wife and things; said it bad killed him; for me to attend to bis wife and look after her, and what be bad. He asked me then about these other boys, and bow many of them were killed. At tbe time be said be could not get well Dr.…