Spiro v. Nitkin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by tlie indorsee against tbe maker of a promissory note to recover the amount thereof, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Coivell, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The defendant was the maker of the note in question. The payee was one Louis Spiro, who indorsed the note to his brother, the plaintiff, before its maturity.
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Action by tlie indorsee against tbe maker of a promissory note to recover the amount thereof, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Coivell, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The defendant was the maker of the note in question. The payee was one Louis Spiro, who indorsed the note to his brother, the plaintiff, before its maturity. The court found, as claimed by the defendant, that hi the presence of certain other persons, who were witnesses on the trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtUat.t., J.
Upon the trial of an action the parties, as a general rule, are permitted to present only such evidence as will affect the questions which are within the issues framed. An exception to this rule is that which renders admissible certain evidence offered to impeach the credit of witnesses. By § 1098 of the General Statutes the interest of a witness in the event of a suit, or his conviction of a crime, though neither will disqualify him, may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credit. While direct evidence of the general' reputation of witnesses for truthfulness may be offered in order to…
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