O'Rourke v. O'Rourke
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén. Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. A charge that a jury has a right to disbelieve the whole of a party’s testimony if he has willfully sworn falsely in one particular, should be qualified by excepting the case of corroborative evidence, Crabtree v. Hagenbaugh 25 111. 240; Pope v. Dodson 58 111. 361; U. S. Exp. Co. v. Hutchins id. 44; Meixsell v. Williamson 35 111. 530; C. á A. B. B. v. Buttolfe 66 111. 347; 1 Whart.
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Error to Van Burén. Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. A charge that a jury has a right to disbelieve the whole of a party’s testimony if he has willfully sworn falsely in one particular, should be qualified by excepting the case of corroborative evidence, Crabtree v. Hagenbaugh 25 111. 240; Pope v. Dodson 58 111. 361; U. S. Exp. Co. v. Hutchins id. 44; Meixsell v. Williamson 35 111. 530; C. á A. B. B. v. Buttolfe 66 111. 347; 1 Whart. Ev. § 412. A note made on Sunday is not invalid at common law or by the law of New York,. Adams v. Hamell 2 Doug. (Mich.) 73; the credibility of a witness who…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
The defendant in error sued upon the common and money counts, and appended to the decía*59ration pursuant to the statute a copy of a note reading as follows:
“Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1864.
On the 16th day of October, 1877, for value received, I promise to pay to Alexander O’Rourke, or bearer, the Stim of fourteen hundred dollars, with interest at seven per cent. This is army money and other money that he has. . This note is stamped according to law.
Michael O’Rourke.”
The plaintiff in error pleaded the general issue, and filed an affidavit in which he questioned the execution of the note. The…
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