Wilson v. Young
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. This action was against George and Alfred Young, to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. This action was against George and Alfred Young, to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff. It appears that the defendant George Young, assisted by Alfred, was engaged in executing a writ of restitution issued bjra justice of the peace in an action against one Amos Felt, the former having been specially authorized by the justice to execute the same; and while they were so engaged, an altercation arose between the parties, during which George Young fired a loaded pistol at the plaintiff, the ball from which struck…
1Opinion of the CourtLyON, J.
I. The first question presented by this appeal is, whether a witness who is called by one party for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of a witness called by the other party, may be interrogated as to the general reputation of the latter, or must the interrogatory be restricted to his general reputation for truth and veracity ?
Professor Greenleaf, in his treatise on the law of evidence, vol. 1, § 461, says that the regular mode in such cases is,- to enquire of the witness whether he knows the general reputation of the person in question among his neighbors, and what that reputation is.…
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