Prior v. Oglesby

Citations

• 50 Fla. 248

Syllabus

<p>1. Whatever evidence is offered which will assist in knowing which party speaks the truth of the issues in an action is relevant, and, when to admit it does not override other formal rules of evidence, it should be received.</p> <p>2. Where the issue in the case was whether logs were delivered to the defendant under a contract with a third party, or whether the plaintiff delivered a portion of the logs under a contract with the defendant, and the third party had testified as a witness for the plaintiff that the defendant did not pay him for the logs hauled by the plaintiff, the defendant should be allowed to show by cross examination of this witness that he had paid this witness for the hauling of all the logs in contradiction of the witness, and as tending to show that the contract, under which all the logs were hauled, was made with the third party and not with plaintiff.</p>