Dougherty v. White

Citations

• 25 Del. 316
• 2 Boyce 316
• 80 A. 237
• 1911 Del. LEXIS 39

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence — Relevancy.</p> <p>While evidence, to be admissible, must correspond with the allegations and be confined to the point in issue, it is not necessary that it should bear directly on the issue, but is admissible if it tends to prove the issues, or .constitutes a link in the chain of proof, since any circumstance that may afford a fair and reasonable presumption of the fact to be tried is relevant, and to be left to the jury to determine its precise force and effect.</p> <p>2. Evidence — Relevancy.</p> <p>In an action against decedent’s executor to recover the reasonable value of services alleged to have been rendered decedent, certain notes executed by plaintiff to decedent to evidence loans made by decedent to plaintiff during the period for which plaintiff claimed indebtedness for services, and checks executed by decedent to plaintiff as a part of the loan transaction for the money furnished plaintiff, were relevant on the issue whether plaintiff, during such period, was rendering services amounting to more than the value of the loan, for which he expected decedent to pay.</p>