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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/16/1898

McHugh v. McHugh

Citations

  • 186 Pa. 197
  • 40 A. 410
  • 1898 Pa. LEXIS 980

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Tampering with witnesses — Corruption of jurors.</p> <p>A party to a canse may show that at a previous trial the adverse party attempted to induce witnesses to swear falsely, and also attempted to corrupt jurors; and it is immaterial that the party so misconducting himself was acting in the case as an executor or in some representative capacity.</p> <p>Evidence of the misconduct of a party in connection with the trial of a case is admissible as tending to show that the party guilty of the misconduct is unwilling to rely on the truth of his cause, or is conscious that it is an unjust one.</p>

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  • evidence defendant had attempted to procure false testimony and influence jurors admissible as tending to show the party was conscious her cause was an unjust one
  • “[t]he spoliation of papers and the destruction or withholding of evidence which a party ought to produce gives rise to a presumption unfavorable to him. . . .”
  • spoliation of evidence by party gives rise to adverse inference

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Judges: Dean, Feel, Fell, Gbeen, Mitchell, Stebbett

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