Griggs v. Wayne

Citations

• 100 Wash. 459
• 171 P. 230
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 752

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Experts—Hypothetical Questions—Evidence of One Party Only. It is discretionary to allow hypothetical questions to qualified experts based upon any assumption of the facts which the testimony tends to prove according to the theory of the examining counsel; and meagerness of testimony is not ground for rejecting testimony of lawyers of experience upon a theory not in line with that of the adversary’s case.</p> <p>Same — Experts — Cross-Examination — Discretion. The trial court has a large discretion in allowing cross-examination of witnesses called to give expert opinion.</p> <p>Evidence—Competency. Upon an issue as to the reasonableness of attorney’s fees rendered in an estate, a copy of the administrator’s final account is competent to prove the amount of the estate.</p> <p>Attorney and Client — Compensation—-Action to Recover—Issue. In an action to recover part of an attorney’s fee withheld by him, in which the issue was the reasonableness of the fee, there is no question of damages, and the verdict is not subject to the objection that the “damages are excessive.”</p>