Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court June 16, 1908 (Ross v. Schrieves)

Knowlton, C. J.

The question of law raised by this bill of exceptions is whether, upon a question as to the value of the furniture of a barber shop converted by the defendant, an expert witness whose special business is determining the value of such property and trading in it may be examined as to values by hypothetical questions, he never having seen the particular articles converted.