¶1The testimony admitted as to the circumstances of the case on trial was conflicting, and the inquiry as te *587the practice and the care of other stable-keepers “ under like circumstances ” might therefore be properly excluded as affording no definite basis for the testimony and the opinion of the witnesses. Exceptions overruled.
125 Mass. 585
Eastham v. Riedell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 13, 1878
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1878-11-13
<p>On the issue of ordinary care by a bailee, if the evidence is conflicting as to the circumstances of the case, a question to an expert, as to the practice and care of others in the same business as the defendant, “ under like circumstances,” may properly be excluded.</p>
Decided 1878-11-13