79 Mass. 528
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 15, 1859
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1859-09-15
Action of tort against a deputy sheriff for attaching property of the plaintiffs on a writ against a third party. At the trial in the court of common pleas at December term 1858, the plaintiffs called several witnesses for the purpose of impeaching the character for truth and veracity of Reuben G. Holmes, a material witness for the defendant.
Decided 1859-09-15
¶1We can perceive no ground for not admi> ting the question. It related to the general character of the witness, and was properly admitted for the purpose of showing that the reputation of the witness for want of truth and veracity was general, and not confined to particular instances.
¶2Exceptions overruled.