Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1812

Hovey v. Hovey

Hovey v. Hovey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided September 15, 1812
9 Mass. 215

Hovey v. Hovey

Opinion of the Court

But the Court

said they knew no principle of law, which authorized the admission of this kind of evidence. It cannot be inferred from the defendant’s procuring the deposition, that he is bound to admit the statement contained in it. Besides, consequences of the most mischievous kind might be apprehended from allowing such a precedent to be established.

New trial ordered

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