Case Name: ROMEO et al. v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-03-05
Citations: 24 F.2d 527
Docket Number: No. 5131
Parties: ROMEO et al. v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 24
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
ROMEO et al. v. UNITED STATES.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
March 5, 1928.
No. 5131.
For former opinion, see 23 F.(2d) 551.
Before GILBERT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
In a petition for rehearing the defendants cite authorities to the proposition that, where objection is made to the competency of a witness to testify, the party offering the witness is not required to state what he expeets to prove by the witness. We find that the weight both of authority and reason is to the contrary (3 C. J. 829; Kischman v. Scott, 166 Mo. 214, 65 S. W. 1031; Hutchings v. Cobble, 30 Okl. 158, 120 P. 1013; Evans v. Smith, 50 Okl. 285, 150 P. 1096; Corcoran v. Poncini, 35 Ill. App. 130), and that in the federal courts the question is conclusively answered by the decision in Herencia v. Guzman, 219 U. S. 44, 31 S. Ct. 135, 55 L. Ed. 81, followed in Gustum v. Kradwell (C. C. A.) 270 F. 546.
The petition for rehearing is denied.