Case No. 3,664.

DAWES et al. v. CORCORAN.

[1 Cranch, C. C. 137.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

July Term, 1803.

WITNESSES—CROSS-EXAMINATION.

Leading questions may be asked in cross-examining a witness.

Assumpsit.

Mr. Mason, for defendant, in cross-examining the plaintiffs' witness, asked whether there was not an agreement that, &c. (stating certain terms.)

Mr. Key, for plaintiff, objected on the ground of its being a leading question.

The objection was overruled, and the question permitted to be asked.

Mr. Key took a bill of exceptions. But no writ of error was issued. See Peake, Ev. 135.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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