Patton v. Hamilton

Patton sued Hamilton to recover damages for the breach of a contract.

Answer, that the contract was obtained by fraud.

Reply, in denial.

Jury trial; verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The Court gave the defendant the opening and closing of the case. This was right. The burden of the issue was upon him.

On the trial, the Court restricted the cross-examination of witnesses to the subject-matter of the original examination. This was-'right. If the party wished to examine his opponent’s witnesses to new matter, he could do so by calling them afterwards as his own witnesses. Wright v. Gaff, 6 Ind.…