Suit v. Bonnell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. Plaintiffs brought their action to recover the price of certain whisky alleged to have been sold by them to defendant.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. Plaintiffs brought their action to recover the price of certain whisky alleged to have been sold by them to defendant. The answer alleged that one item of plaintiffs’ claim, a barrel of Taylor whisky, was never purchased or ordered by defendant, and that he held it for the plaintiffs, subject to his charges for transportation and storage; that five barrels of Capitol Bourbon the defendant never ordered or purchased, but that • the plaintiffs’ traveling agent, Shears, offered to send defendant • some Bourbon by sample, which defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Dixon, 0. J.
It was clearly error for the court to rule out the question put by the defendant to the plaintiffs’ witness, Shears, the object of which was to show that the witness was interested in the event of the suit. It is true that such interest does not disqualify the witness from testifying, but the fact may nevertheless be shown for the effect it may have upon his credibility. It may be shown for the purpose of better enabling the court or jury to determine the degree of credit to be given to his testimony, or to disregard it entirely, where, upon that fact alone, or taken in connection…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Phœnix Insurance Co. v. SholesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
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