Hester A. Davis v. S. Farrar Dunn, 98 A. 81, 90 Vt. 253 (V. 1916)

Hester A. Davis v. S. Farrar Dunn, 98 A. 81, 90 Vt. 253 (V. 1916)

But the rules governing the examination of other witnesses did not give the right to examine respecting the contents of the X-ray photograph, until the photograph had been properly verified or authenticated by some evidence other than itself. 10 R. C. L. Sec. 360; Johnson v. Bolton, 43 Vt. 303. Until then the photograph stood, as it were, in a position collateral to any issue in the case, and could not be admitted in evidence, nor, except as it might have a bearing on the question of identity, could witnesses be questioned respecting what is shown thereby. In re Barney's Will, 71 Vt. 217, 44 A. 75.

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