 States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried : Provided, that in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment...  United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court - Page 579by United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 752 pages
...this State, because he is a party to the action, or is interested in the issue to be tried ; but it is provided, that, "in actions by or against executors,...be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transactions with, or statements to, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 742 pages
...schedule to our present Constitution, which provides, that in actions by or against executors, etc., neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as to any transactions with, or statements of the testator, etc. The evi-dence was competent. See Wassell v.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 810 pages
...was in force when this cause was heard below, "there shall be no exclusion of any witness in a civil action because he is a party to, or interested in the issue to be' tried, etc.: Provided, that in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 714 pages
...persons of disability to testify in civil suits on account of interest, contains an exception "that neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as to any trans[Miller, Adm'r., v. Cannon & Co.] action with, or statement by a deceased person, whose estate... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 768 pages
...the statute.— Code of 1876, § 3058. Under the statute, there can be no exclusion of any witness because he is a party to, or interested in the issue tried, with this exception, that neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Law - 1864 - 466 pages
...they were ordered. Mr. Buckalew (Dem.) of Pennsylvania moved to add to Mr. Sumner's amendment, " or because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." Mr. Sumner was in favor of the proposition taken by itself, but did not wish it put upon his amendment.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...States, there shall bo no exclusion of any witness on account of color." Mr. Buckalew moved to add, " or because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." This was agreed to; and Mr. Sumner's amendment, thus amended, was adopted : Yeas 22 ; Nays 16 ; and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 870 pages
...proviso. To this Mr. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, offered the following amendment : Nor in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried. The entire amendment was as follows : , That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 866 pages
...United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried. It was concurred in by the following vote : YKAS — Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness,... | |
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