Case Name: BRYANT HEATER MANUF. CO. v. KIDD
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-05-16
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 710
Docket Number: No. 4971
Parties: BRYANT HEATER MANUF. CO. v. KIDD
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 710–711

Head Matter:
No. 741
BRYANT HEATER MANUF. CO. v. KIDD
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 4971.
Decided May 16, 1924
Motion to certify overruled by Supreme Court.
2 Abs. 675.
1273. WITNESSES — Where a witness qual-iftejs to impeach another witness, evidence as to general reputation of other witness is admissible, although not of great weight.

Opinion:
MIDDLETON, P. J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
During the trial of this case the counsel for Winifred Kidd attempted to impeach the reputation for truth and veracity of one of the most material and important witnesses offered by the Bryant Heater Mfg. Company. A witness was produced who testified that the witness had worked for him for about seven years, that he.was acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity, that he had been connected with the witness in a business way for twelve years, that he had conversed with at least two persons in regard to the truthfulness of the witness on various occasions and also stated that the reputation for truth and veracity of the witness was bad. A judgment was rendered against the Bryant Heater Mfg. Co. 2 Abs. 216; reaffirmed, 2 Abs. 412. Error was prosecuted, the company claiming that 'the trial court improperly allowed this evidence to be introduced, which tended to impeach the reputation for truth and veracity of one of the most material and imlportant witnesses offered by1 the company. In affirming the judgment of the lower court, the Court of Appeals held:
1. As the preliminary qualifications of the Witness were sufficient, the foregoing evidence was competent to go to the jury. Radke v. State, 107 OS. 401, cited, followed.
Attorneys — Austin & Kirkbride, for Bryant Co.; Snyder, Henry, Tilden, Ford & Seagrave, for Kidd; all of Cleveland.