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Show 253 put in in this way. Do you. Mr. Blackmar? Mr. Blackmar: Well, of course-- The Special Master: ( interposing) The rest of it, as I say, technically it may not be admissible; but it is a convenient method of boiling down what he would testify to. The only thing that would happen, I suppose, would be that Mr. Blackmar might be forced to take up each paragraph here and ask him to repeat it. Mr. Farnsworth: Well, I think that what he personally did there is very brief. He was there only a day. The Special Master: Well, there are twelve pages here ( indicating). The first three pages contain a general statement as to the location, and so on, the character of the country. Then some nine pages of what he himself did. Mr. Farnsworth: And in that nine pages I think there are a lot of observations not based upon anything he did. Mr. Blackmar: Well, of course, that is accepted merely as his opinion. Mr. Farnsworth: Yes, I know, but when you get into the case a lot of arguments as evidence in the case, you are going pretty far. The Special Master: Those next nine pages are simply a statement of what he did. Then on page 13, he begins to quote from various authorities and states that he agrees with them. I do not know that that is admissible. 2216 |
