Case Name: G. W. Thompson & Co. v. W. C. Miller
Court: Texas Commission of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1881-06-22
Citations: 1 White & W. 623
Docket Number: No. 2031, Op. Book No. 2, p. 370
Parties: G. W. Thompson & Co. v. W. C. Miller.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 623–623

Head Matter:
G. W. Thompson & Co. v. W. C. Miller.
(No. 2031, Op. Book No. 2, p. 370.)
Appeal from McLennan County.
June 22, 1881

Opinion:
Opinion by
Quinan, J.
§ 1109. Opinion of ivitness not competent to prove damage. In an attachment suit, a witness for defendant was permitted to testify, over objections made by plaintiff, that, in the opinion of witness, the defendant had been damaged $1,000 by reason of the suing out of the attachment. Held, that this was error for which the judgment must be reversed. The opinion of a witness as to the amount of damage sustained is not admissible. The general rule which pervades all our law is, that the witness is to testify only to facts; his opinion is not to be given, for it is the opinion of the jury on the testimony which forms the verdict and decides the case. [Clardy v. Callicoate, 24 Tex. 172; 2 N. Y. 514; 2 Allen, 428; 2 Sedgwick on Dam. 632.]
Eeversed and remanded