Ellis v. Ellis

Oct 19, 1882
Reporters:
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By the Court.

The question put by the ‍​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍counsel of the appellants, and excluded, was ambiguous. It might, and probably ‍​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍would, be understood by the witness as calling for his opinion as ‍​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍to the mental-condition of the testator. It was competent for the court ‍​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍to require the appellants’ counsel to change the form of his question ‍​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‍so as to avoid this ambiguity.

Exceptions overruled.