Legal Opinion
Mills v. Griswold
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 15, 1792PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Aotiok of assumpsit upon a promise of marriage. Issue to the jury. Question — Whether a witness is obliged to disclose upon his oath what the defendant had told him in confidence, and upon a promise to keep it secret.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The distinction is, where the communications are necessary in the course of business, as of a client to his attorney, he may not disclose them, but where the communications are voluntary, as in the present case, his oath obliges The witness to tell the whole truth.
2Cited by1 opinion
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