 | John Bruce Norton - Evidence (Law) - 1865 - 666 pages
...caution*. Taylor says, § 622. " With respect to all verbal admisiioa» it may be finally observed, that they ought to be received with great caution. The...statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; for either the party himself may have been misinformed, or he may not have clearly expressed his... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1866 - 756 pages
...Martin, 3 Allen, 871; Feino o. § 200. With respect to all verbal admixsiona, it may be observed that they ought to be received with great caution. The...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... | |
 | 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...imperfection and mistake; the party himself, either being himself misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own meaning, or the witness having misunderstood... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - Evidence (Law) - 1869 - 646 pages
...caution. Taylor says, § 622, " With respect to all verbal admissions it may be finally observed, that they ought to be received with great caution. The...statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; for either the party himself may have been misinformed, or lie may not have clearly expressed his... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - Evidence (Law) - 1871 - 914 pages
...observed by Professor Greenleaf: — " With respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed that they ought to be received with 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,...him. It frequently happens, also, that the witness by Hill v. Newman. unintentionally altering a few of the expressions really used, gives an effect to a... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1116 pages
...other testimony. "With respect to all verbal admissions they ought to be received with the greatest caution. The evidence, consisting as it does in the...meaning, or the witness having misunderstood him. lt frequently happens also that the witness, by unintentionally altering a few of the expressions really... | |
 | 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,...statements, Is subject to much imperfection and mistake.' Greenl. Ev. § 200. A note to that section by Judge Kedfleld is : 'In a somewhat extended expelled... | |
 | 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 - 1885 - 680 pages
...been given to you. Such evidence ought to be received with great caution. Such evidence, consisting of mere repetition of oral statements, is subject to...himself either being misinformed, or not having clearly understood his own meaning, or the witness having misunderstood him. It frequently happens, also, that... | |
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... being misinformed, or not having clearly expressed his own meaning, or the witness having misunderstood him. It frequently happens, also... 
