Nash v. Gilkeson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county, The plaintiffs below, (who were also the plaintiffs in error,) declared against the defendants for money had and received, and having given evidence, which the defendants supposed tended to impeach the honesty of Andrew Gilkeson, their testator, they, in the course of the cross-examination of one of the plaintiff’s witnesses, asked him what was the general character of Andrew Gilkeson.
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In Error. ERROR to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county, The plaintiffs below, (who were also the plaintiffs in error,) declared against the defendants for money had and received, and having given evidence, which the defendants supposed tended to impeach the honesty of Andrew Gilkeson, their testator, they, in the course of the cross-examination of one of the plaintiff’s witnesses, asked him what was the general character of Andrew Gilkeson. This question was objected to, but the Court suffered it to be answered, and the plaintiff took an exception. The Court, before the bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson J.
The plaintiffs declared against the defendants for money had and received, and having given evidence which the defendants supposed tended to impeach the honesty of Gilkeson, their testator, they, in the course of the cross-examination of one of the plaintiff’s witnesses asked him what was the general character of Andrew Gilkeson, the testator. This question was objected to, but the Court suffered it'to be answered, and the plaintiffs took an exception. But the Court, before the bill of exceptions was actually sealed, being of opinion that the…
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