Kershaw Mining Co. v. Lankford

SOMERVILLE, ,T.

The witness Lank-ford, husband of plaintiff, testified that before the land was affected by waste deposits from coal mines it was worth $75 an acre; and that before the last freshet, which caused an additional deposit which is the basis for this suit, the land was worth $45 an acre. It was proper for defendant to ask him on cross-examination what he assessed it for that year, the year before the deposits began, in connection with its offer to show by the witness that “he assessed it for not over $20 an acre that year and swore to it.” The assessment thus proposed to be shown…