Richards v. Harpe

1. “The right of cross-examination, thorough and sifting, belongs to every party as to the witnesses called against him.” Civil Code (1910), § 5871. “It is a substantial right, the preservation of which is essential to a proper administration of justice, and extends to all matters within the knowledge of the witness, the disclosure of which is material to the controversy.” News Publishing Co. v. Butler, 95 Ga. 559 (22 S. E. 282). Upon the trial of a suit to recover damages from a physician, arising out of the alleged malpractice of the defendant in failing to exercise the “reasonable degree…