Barton v. Bruley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Clark county: Jakes O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for an assault. Plaintiff charged tbat on an occasion when sbe went to defendant’s office to collect an order on him be seized ber in bis arms, kissed ber, and solicited sexual intercourse, wbicb was refused, and tbat, after obtaining tbe money for wbicb she wfent, sbe departed.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Clark county: Jakes O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for an assault. Plaintiff charged tbat on an occasion when sbe went to defendant’s office to collect an order on him be seized ber in bis arms, kissed ber, and solicited sexual intercourse, wbicb was refused, and tbat, after obtaining tbe money for wbicb she wfent, sbe departed. Defendant denied everything of tbe transaction except ber coming to bis office and collecting tbe money. There were no other witnesses of tbe transaction. Considerable testimony was introduced impeaching…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. Tbe first error is assigned upon tbe exclusion of certain evidence. A witness (TL), having testified for tbe plaintiff, was asked, both to affect bis credibility and show interest, whether be was not married to tbe plaintiff’s daughter, and on denial was asked whether be bad not stated to one Cunningham tbat be was so married. Defendant offered to. prove by Cunningham tbat EL did state to him tbat be was married to plaintiff’s daughter, wbicb was excluded. In this ruling there was no error. Tbe testimony of Cunningham was not admissible as impeaching evidence purely, for it is never…
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