Robinson v. Ferry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action brought by Ferry and Ward against Robinson and Hall, on a promissory note. The defendants pleaded the general issue and a special plea, on which issues were joined.
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IN ERROR. This was an action brought by Ferry and Ward against Robinson and Hall, on a promissory note. The defendants pleaded the general issue and a special plea, on which issues were joined. On the trial of the cause in the county court, the plaintiffs introduced a witness to prove, that the defendants, in a conversation with him, admitted, that they executed the note in suit, and that it had been duly presented for payment; and upon this evidence the plaintiffs rested their case. The defendants’ counsel, on cross-examination of the witness, asked him, whether one of the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
It is a correct rule, that where any part of the conversation of a party is relied upon, as making evidence against himself, the entire conversation is to be given, as necessary to qualify or explain the meaning of the person speaking, who is the best interpreter of his own language. But it does not follow, because the whole conversation is related, that therefore that part of it which is favourable, as well as that which is adverse to the interest of the speaker, is true, or should be believed or is material. These must depend upon the nature and probabilities of the facts and circumstances…
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