“In the absence of circumstances which generate suspicion, every witness is to be presumed credible, until the contrary is shown; the burden of impeaching his credibility lying on the objector.”

About Simon Greenleaf

Jurist • American

Simon Greenleaf was a distinguished American lawyer and jurist who became one of the most influential legal scholars of the 19th century. He was a co-founder of Harvard Law School, where he served as the Royall...