EVIDENCE-ADMISSION BY PARTY LITIGANT-SUBSTANTIVE PROOF OR IMPEACHMENT

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Abstract

ln an action against an employer for personal injuries, after the plaintiff had testified as to negligence of a fellow servant, his signed statement detailing a contrary account of the injury was introduced. The trial judge charged that the statement was admissible only for the purpose of contradicting the plaintiff's testimony. Held, it was admissible as a declaration against interest with probative value, as well as to impeach the plaintiff's testimony. Pub. Utilities Corp. v. Carden (Ark. 1930) 32 S.W.(2d) 1058.

Recommended Citation

EVIDENCE-ADMISSION BY PARTY LITIGANT-SUBSTANTIVE PROOF OR IMPEACHMENT, 29 Mich. L. Rev. 787 (1931).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol29/iss6/29