Gates v. Gridley

When the plaintiffs offered, the evidence of the witness Hitchcock as to admissions of the defendant George L. Gridley to the effect that the defendants had borrowed money from the testatrix and given their note therefor, they opened the door to proof of further statements made by the defendant Gridley to Hitchcock at the same time that the defendants had been released from their obligation by a gift of the note to the defendant George L. Gridley by the testatrix shortly before her death. The admission of liability sought to be elicited was thus turned into a declaration of non-liability.…