HOLMES v. COMEGYS


1 U.S. 439 (1789)

1 Dall. 439

HOLMES versus COMEGYS.

Supreme Court of United States.


But by SHIPPEN, President:

It would be of very dangerous consequence, if it was established, that a commercial agent was not amenable as a witness in a Court of Justice, in a cause against his constituent. It is straining the matter of privilege too far: And, if the law makes him a witness, we are too fond of getting at the truth, to permit him to excuse himself from declaring it, because he conceives, that, in point of delicacy, it would be a breach of confidence...

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