Rogers v. Moore
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of ejectment; tried, on the general issue, at Norwich, March term, 1833, before Williams, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the demanded premises, under Benjamin Brown, jun.; and in support of his claim, introduced Benjamin Brown, sen. as a witness, who testified to facts materially to the issue.
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This was an action of ejectment; tried, on the general issue, at Norwich, March term, 1833, before Williams, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the demanded premises, under Benjamin Brown, jun.; and in support of his claim, introduced Benjamin Brown, sen. as a witness, who testified to facts materially to the issue. The defendant, by his cross-examination of this witness, and by the testimony of other witnesses to facts inconsistent with some of the facts stated by Brown, attempted to impair the credibility of Brown's testimony, and to shew, that the was knowing to the alleged fraud in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
The witness, in support of whose general character evidence was offered and rejected, was not a stranger; and no attempt had been made, on the trial, to impeach his general character for truth ; but an attempt had been made to impair the credit of his testimony in the case, as well by the manner of conducting his cross-examination, as by the testimony of other witnesses, and also by attempting to prove that he had been privy to a fraud in the deed under which the plaintiff claimed.
But all this was not sufficient to render admissible the evidence offered in support of the general character of…
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