Sorenson v. Dundas

Aug 15, 1877
Reporters:
Before:
Eyan
EyaN, O. J.

A meeting, material to the issue, took place between the ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍parties. The court below permitted the respondent to testify in chief, in his own behalf, to an account of the meeting which he gave ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍to strangers, after it had ended and the parties had finally separated. This was not part of the transaction, bnt a subsequent narrative ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍of it. Declarations are verbal parts of the res gestee, only when they are contemporaneous. The respondent’s narrative, after the occurrence, belonged no more to ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍the res gestee, than his evidence on the trial. It is too clearly inadmissible for discussion. 1 Greenl. Ev., § 110.

By the Oonj/rt. — The judgment is reversed, ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‍and the cause remanded to the court below for a new trial.