Goddard v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for selling to the plaintiff unwholesome meat. On the trial to the jury the plaintiff introduced, two witnesses, named Lampson and Griswold, who testified that they had purchased a part of the animal slaughtered by the defendant, and from which the meat sold the plaintiff was taken, and that it was unsound and unwholesome.
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Action on the case for selling to the plaintiff unwholesome meat. On the trial to the jury the plaintiff introduced, two witnesses, named Lampson and Griswold, who testified that they had purchased a part of the animal slaughtered by the defendant, and from which the meat sold the plaintiff was taken, and that it was unsound and unwholesome. For the purpose of proving that they had made different statements out of court, and thereby to contradict and discredit them, the defendant, in reply, offered one E. B. Phelps, to testify to a conversation which he heard between the witnesses and his…
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
Under our judicial system it is supposed that “ the interests of justice can not be upheld, and-the administration of justice can not go on, without the assistance of men skilled in jurisprudence, in the practice of the courts, and in those matters affecting rights and obligations which form the subjects of all judicial proceedings.” For this reason *it is that communications made to attorneys, Ac., [ *175 ] are protected from disclosure in court, and not because they are confidential. No such protection is given to communications made to the members of any other profession. Barnes v. Harris, 7…
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