Supreme Court of the United States, 1793

Pleasants v. Pemberton

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 1, 1793 · M`kean

2 U.S. 196; 2 Dall. 196; 1 L. Ed. 346; 1793 U.S. LEXIS 233 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Ingersoll, for the plaintiff,, Serjeant, in reply,

Opinion

M‘Kean, Chief Juftice.

The general .expreflion in Walton1 &¡* Shelley muft be limited as explained in 3 Term. 33. 6. and, therefore, lince the witnefs is difinterefted, he muft be admitted. Befides, he is not to contradict the writing, or deny any thing that is in it.

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