Henderson v. Cook
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Campbell superior court — Judge Hutcheson. January 15, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. Although a witness may have been successfully impeached, in that the jury believe that he has previously made statements contradictory to his sworn testimony as to matters relevant to the case, it is not required of them that they should disregard such of his sworn testimony as is in conflict with his previous statements, since the jury are still entitled to determine the credit to be given any portion of his testimony when thus impeached, including the part thus contradicted; and this is true although, in order to accept his sworn testimony, they must reject as untrue the previous…
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