Case Name: Dawes & Baker v. Corcoran
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 137
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dawes & Baker v. Corcoran.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 137–137

Head Matter:
Dawes & Baker v. Corcoran.
Leading questions may be asked in cross-examining a witness.
Assumpsit. Mr. Mason, for the defendant, in cross-examining the plaintiffs’ witness, asked whether there was not an agreement that, &e. (stating certain terms.)
Mr. Keay, for the plaintiff,
objected on the ground of its being a leading question.

Opinion:
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's L. E. 135.