Case Name: SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES SUCRERIES DE SAINT JEAN v. MIGUEL CHIQUES BERLINGERY
Court: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1919-04-02
Citations: 11 P.R. Fed. 238
Docket Number: No. 1019
Parties: SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES SUCRERIES DE SAINT JEAN v. MIGUEL CHIQUES BERLINGERY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Porto Rico Federal Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES SUCRERIES DE SAINT JEAN v. MIGUEL CHIQUES BERLINGERY.
San Juan,
Equity,
No. 1019.
On Motion to Stbike Testimony.
[Practice — Party as Witness.
The statements made by a party as a witness do not amount to . an admission as a party to the case.
Opinion filed April 2, 1919.
Mr. H. O. Molina for plaintiff.
Mr. E. H. F. Dottin for defendant.

Opinion:
HaMIltóN, Judge,
delivered the following opinion:
The motion to strike is granted. . When the plaintiff gets on the stand he is not the plaintiff. He is simply a witness. What he says on the stand is not an admission. It is a very interesting distinction but I think a correct one. Admission by a party is before he gets into court, and not afterwards.