Peacock v. Ratliff
Citations
- 62 Wash. 653
- 114 P. 507
- 1911 Wash. LEXIS 761
Syllabus
<p>Witnesses — Cross-Examination. It is not error to refuse to require a witness on cross-examination to answer a question the second time, after having fully answered.</p> <p>Evidence — Conclusion of Witnesses — Husband and Wife — Community Obligations. In an action upon the admitted contract of a married man, it is not error to sustain an objection to a question as to whether the defendant had ever incurred an indebtedness for the benefit of the community, as the same is a mere conclusion of the witness.</p> <p>Husband and Wife — Actions—Instructions—Community Debt —Presumptions—Contract for Attorney’s Fees. In an action against a husband and wife for attorney’s fees, it is proper to instruct that if the contract was made by the husband and the services rendered the defendants were liable and that the contract was presumptively for the benefit of the community, which presumption would be conclusive if there was no evidence to overcome it.</p>
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- “This Court declines to consider matters which were never presented or argued in the trial court and are not part of the record before us today.”
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Judges: Fullerton, Mount
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