Weber v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

I. I am not convinced of the soundness of that branch of the opinion dealing with the admissibility of the admissions, declarations or confessions made by Yon Kutzlaben, and, although the time is short for a full investigation and discussion of the subject, I am convinced that' the majority, while stating the rules adopted by the great majority of the courts, have followed a very small minority and enunciated a doctrine which, carried to its logical conclusions, will admit all declarations made by a stranger against his interest, even though it be in the form of a confession, whenever, for…