Young v. Foute

Citations

• 43 Ill. 33

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence—admissions. Admissions are to go to the jury, but a party making them is at liberty to disprove them,—to show by proof aliunde they were not true, or made for a purpose. The jury are to determine what weight should be given to them.</p> <p>2. Admissions—when they operate as an estoppel. Unless admissions have induced a person to-act on them, and so altering his condition, they may be shown to be untrue; but, if a party has acted on'them, they will operate as an estoppel on the party making them.</p> <p>3. Same—weight to be given. In all cases of admissions, it is for the jury to determine the weight to be given to them, for much depends on the accuracy of the memory of the witness, and the circumstances under which the admissions were made.</p>