Cowdery v. McChesney

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 315
• 58 P. 62

Syllabus

<p>Expert Witness—Qualification.—In an Action to Recover for Personal Services in nursing and earing for defendant’s testator, plaintiff introduced as an expert witness as to the value of the services a woman of experience in the same kind of work, and who had seen the nature of plaintiff’s services on the ranch where they were performed. In answer to the question, “Prom your experience, and what you saw on the ranch, are you able to say what such services are reasonably worth?” she replied, “Well, I am able to tell what I think.” Held, that the court erred in excluding the testimony on the ground that witness had admitted her incompeteney.</p>