¶1I concur in the result' reached by Mr. Justice Holloway concerning the trial court’s rulings as to the *400testimony of the witness Armstrong. I think the testimony of the witness Button should have been received, though I do not feel that its exclusion, in view of the record as to the condition of the body of 'the deceased, was prejudicial error.
56 Mont. 393
State v. Riggs
Decided November 5, 1919
Montana Supreme Court · decided 1919-11-05
C. Spencer, Judges. George T. Riggs was convicted of murder. From a judgment imposing the death penalty and an order denying a new trial, he appeals. A hypothetical question must assume the truth of the evidence of which it is composed and upon which it is based. (8 Ency. of Evidence, 620, 621; 11 R. O. L. 581; Jones v. Chicago etc. By.
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Reversed and remanded · Decided 1919-11-05
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