Dunlap v. Richardson

Citations

• 63 Miss. 447

Syllabus

<p>Evidence. Impeachment of one’s own witness. Ride and exception.</p> <p>A party may not discredit his own witness by proof of contradictory statements previously made, unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the court that he has been deceived by the fraud or artifice of such witness; and even then the foundation must first be laid for such evidence by calling the attention of the witness to the time, place, and persons before whom such supposed contradictory declarations were made, and affording him opportunity for explanation.</p>