Womack v. Burka

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The amount of money in contest here is only $70, but the question of law on which the contest depends is of great importance. The question is whether, a member of one of the learned professions, who has testified ' as a witness for another member of the profession merely to prove the value of certain professional services rendered by him, for which he sued a third party to whom he had rendered the services, is entitled to receive, in addition to the ordinary witness fee, a fee as an expert witness, based upon his professional knowledge or skill, to be fixed by the judge…