Hopkins v. LeCato

Chump, P.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court.

The trial court having entered judgment upon the verdict, the defendants, the plaintiff in error here, obtained a writ of error from the Supreme Court of Appeals. In their petition for the writ, they make three assignments of error, which will be considered in the order in which they are made.

The first assignment is as follows: “The court erred in refusing to permit the witness, W. J. Baker, to testify as to what was said by him to the defendants at or about the time of the execution of the contract…