Barber v. State Highway Commission

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• noting that trial judge, being “more than a mere referee,” has a duty to control the conduct of the trial so that “the true facts in a given litigation” may be ascertained, and that a trial judge may rule sua sponte on the admissibility of evidence to accomplish this end

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