Dewit v. Baldwin
Connecticut Superior Court
Scire Pacías against Baldwin as debtor to one Dimoclc, an absent absconding debtor. Issue 'was closed to the jury. Question was put to the court, whether such a cause might be tried by the jury. By the court it may.
1Opinion of the Court
The question was — Whether Baldwin owed Dimoclc; what Dimoclc had said previous to any controversy-was admitted to be given in evidence by the defendant, to prove that he did not owe him; on the ground that the plaintiff stood in DimocFs right: and the'plaintiff was allowed to produce other evidence besides the defendant’s testimony, to prove the indebtedness of the defendant, talcing a distinction between the case in chancery where the petitioner calls upon the respondent to disclose upon oath, and where the law lets a party *139in to testify for tlie benefit of both; one is by the act of the…
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