Dedric v. Hopson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine Circuit Court. ActioN to recover for the breach of a contract to marry. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case involved in the questions ruled by the court appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. The defendant was a witness in his own behalf. Upon his cross-examination certain questions were . ReíSoí wit-6' ness‘ ashed him touching his religious belief, intended to sh°w he did not believe in a future conscious state of existence, to which objections were made, but were overruled by the court, and the witness was required to answer the questions. The grounds of the objections to the questions, as shown by the bill of exceptions, are, that they were “incompetent under the law, and immaterial.” The objections should have been sustained, upon the ground that a witness cannot be…
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