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Pickering v. ReynoldsPickering v. Reynolds

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nov 4, 1875
Reporters:
,
Before:
Gray
Gray, C. J.

If the declarations of the elder Reynolds in disparagement of ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‍his title were made before the demandant’s attachment, they were clearly admissible in evidence against the demandant who claimed under him, and the ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‍bill of exceptions does not show that they were made since the attachment.

The declarations of the same person, made at a different time, ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‍had no tendency to contradict the first declarations, and, if they were admissible at all, it was because they tended to prove the *114demandant’s ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‍original case. Kingsford v. Hood, 105 Mass. 495. The demandant did not except to their exclusion when offered in chief, and has no right of exception to ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‍their exclusion when offered in rebuttal. Wheeler v. Wheeler, 116 Mass. 297. Wallace v. Taunton Street Railway, ante, 91.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Pickering v. Reynolds
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 4, 1875
Citations: 119 Mass. 111; 1875 Mass. LEXIS 83
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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