What is the effect of the strict line of credit for crediting the evidence of respectable persons?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stephenson v. McLean, 1977 CanLII 598 (AB QB):
I am fully aware of the principle that “the strict line” of all judicial proceeding is to credit the evidence of respectable persons unless they are contradicted, or there is something in their evidence to excite a suspicion of the fidelity with which they have deposed: Collett v. Collett (1838), 1 Curt. 678 at 690, 163 E.R. 237.
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