Creighton v. Hoppis

On Petition fob a Reheabing.

Elliott, J. —

In the argument of appellant’s counsel, on the petition for a rehearing, is this quotation: “ The admissions of a party are evidence against himself, whether made in connection with an act done or not, but a party can not, as a general rule, prove his own statements as evidence for himself.” Scobey v. Armington, 5 Ind. 514; Denman v. McMahin, 37 Ind. 241. Many authorities are cited in support of this statement of the law. The work of counsel was entirely superfluous, for we stated this general rule in our former opinion quite as broadly as any case…