Black & White Cab Co. v. Cowden

Hubert Cowden recovered damages for injuries from the Black and White Cab Company. The defendant excepted to the overruling of its motion for new trial.

The judge charged the jury as follows: “Gentlemen, to impeach a witness is to prove to the satisfaction of the jury that such witness is not' worthy of belief. One method of impeachment is by disproving the facts testified to by a witness. Another method is by proof of contradictory statements previously made by the witness as to matters material to his testimony and material to the case. It is for the jury to say whether or not a witness has…