 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1873 - 630 sivua
...subsequently thus connected with the issue, it is to be laid out of the case." And in section 52, he adds : " This rule excludes all evidence of collateral facts,...principal fact or matter in dispute ; and the reason ie, that such evidence tends to draw away the minds of the jurors from the point in issue, and to excite... | |
 | 1899 - 640 sivua
...defendants. Evidence must be confined to the point in issue and all evidence of collateral facts or of those which are incapable of affording any reasonable presumption or inference as to the fact of the matter in dispute, must be excluded, because it diverts the minds of the jurors from the... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1876 - 762 sivua
...thus connected with the issue, it is to be laid out of the case.3 § 52. Collateral facts inadmissible This rule excludes all evidence of collateral facts, or those which are incapable of affording an}- reasonable presumption or inference as to the principal fact or matter in dispute ; and the reason... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1879 - 716 sivua
...correspond with the allegations, and bo confined to the point in issue. "This rule," says Greenleaf, excludes all evidence of collateral facts, or those...that such evidence tends to draw away the minds of tho jurors from the point iit issue, and to excite prejudice and mislead them:" 1 Greenl. on Ev. sees.... | |
 | Texas. Court of Appeals - 1880 - 742 sivua
...irrelevant, immaterial, and inadmissible. The ruling was correct ; such evidence of collateral facts was incapable of affording any reasonable presumption or inference as to the principal issue or matter in dispute, to wit, the guilt or innocence of defendant. 1 Greenl. on Ev., sects. 51,... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1882 - 790 sivua
...of the case is, was it legitimate evidence for that purpose ? We say not. It was collateral matter, incapable of affording any reasonable presumption...inference as to the principal fact or matter in dispute. The admission of the evidence would have introduced three more separate and distinct issues for determination,... | |
 | 1896 - 1212 sivua
...adverse party, to state facts that are collateral to the matters in dispute. -. The court should exclude all evidence of collateral facts or those which are...reasonable presumption or inference as to the principal facts of matters m disputo. It is error for the court to permit a witness to detail facts that are... | |
 | 1886 - 1338 sivua
..."The evidence offered must correspond with the allegations, and be confined to the point in issue; this rule excludes all evidence of collateral facts,...incapable of affording any reasonable presumption of the principal fact or matter in dispute; and the reason is that such evidence tends to draw away... | |
 | 1917 - 1228 sivua
...admitted in evidence." "The rule excludes," as stated in People v. bane, 100 Oal. 379, 34 Рас. 856, + XW 4 ˥ Kfe ڠX \ \c] ű,) mr~Ѝ/ n w #]Ǭ *Z@ @ a reasonable presumption or logical inference as to the principal fact or matter in dispute; and evidence... | |
 | 1885 - 1102 sivua
...musJ be confined to the point in issue. 1 GreenL Ev.,sec. 50; Best's Prin. Ev., 5th ed., 805, 806. " This rule excludes all evidence of collateral facts,...affording any reasonable presumption or inference w to the principal fact or matter in dispute. 1 Greenl. Ev., ss. 52, 53; Step. Dig. of Ev., art. 127;... | |
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The rule that the evidence must correspond with the allegations and be confined to the point in issue excludes all evidence of collateral facts, or those which are incapable of affording any reasonable presumption or inference as to the principal fact... 
