| Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1866 - 756 pages
...before the exami- dreth v. Martin, 3 Allen, 871; Feino o. § 200. With respect to all verbal admixsiona, it may be observed that they ought to be received...it does in the mere repetition of oral statements, ia subject to much imperfection and mistake; the party himself either being misinformed, or not having... | |
| John Bruce Norton - Evidence (Law) - 1869 - 646 pages
...received with caution. Taylor says, § 622, " With respect to all verbal admissions it may be finally observed, that they ought to be received with great...of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; for either the party himself may have been misinformed, or lie may not have clearly expressed... | |
| North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 812 pages
...the rule applicable to the evidence introduced, as follows : " With respect to all verbal admissions, they ought to be received with great caution. The...of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake; the party himself, either being himself misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his... | |
| Joseph Goodeve - Evidence (Law) - 1871 - 914 pages
...other hand, it is well observed by Professor Greenleaf: — " With respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed that they ought to be received...great caution. The evidence, consisting as it does in mere repetitions of oral statement, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; the party himself... | |
| Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 674 pages
...admissions made by the parties at divers times and places, it is to be observed, that all verbal admissions ought to be received with great caution. The evidence,...of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; the party himself, either being misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 548 pages
..."With respect to all verbal admissions," says Mr. Greenleaf, in his work on Evidence (vol. 1, sec. 200), "it may be observed that they ought to be received...of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake; the party himself either being misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own meaning,... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1877 - 932 pages
...that old section of Greenleaf, that, " with respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed tliat they ought to be received with great caution. The...of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake, the party himself either being misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own meaning,... | |
| Wyoming. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 604 pages
...there was error in giving the following instructions : "Testimony in regard to verbal statements should be received with great caution ; the evidence, consisting as it does in mere repitition of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake, in consequence of... | |
| Law - 1895 - 252 pages
...trial, does not contradict and impeach him. "With regard to all verbal admissions, it may be observe, that they ought to be received with great caution....of oral statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake; the party himself either being misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own meaning,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1170 pages
...toleration than favor. Greenleaf says : 'With respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed they ought to be received with great caution The evidence,...of oral statements, Is subject to much imperfection and mistake.' Greenl. Ev. § 200. A note to that section by Judge Kedfleld is : 'In a somewhat extended... | |
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