...upon the subject, found in section 858 of the Revised Statutes, was as follows : "In the courts of tho United States no witness shall be excluded in any...or in any civil action because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried : Provided, That in actions iiy or against executors, administrators,...

...in pursuance of section 858 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which enact as follows : "In the courts of the United States, no witness shall be excluded in ... any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." The same section, after excepting...

...the other party. The provision of the act of congress upon the subject is as follows : " Section 858. In the courts of the United States no witness shall...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,...

...upon the subject, found in section 858 of the Revised Statutes, was as follows: "In the courts of tho United States no witness shall be excluded in any...on account of color, or in any civil action because ho is a party to, or interested in, tho issue tried : Provided, That in actions by or against executors,...

...suit, but not otherwise. By the Revised Statutes of the United States, § 858, it is enacted that, " in the courts of the United States, no witness shall...account of color, or in any civil action because he ia a party thereto, provided, that, in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians,...

...the lost package. Sect. 858 of the Revised Statutes, originally enacted July 2, 1864, declares that " in the courts of the United States no witness shall...or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." This was a complete abolition of the rule of exclusion under the common...

...Territory as elsewhere within the United States. The act of July 2, 1864, 18 id. 851, declaring that in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried, is not locally inapplicable...

...the matters equally within the knowledge of John A. Wansey ; but it is provided by congress that : "in the courts of the United States no witness shall...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...

...objection existing to the competency of such a person. XLIII, 106. 4. Sec. 858, Rev. Sts., declares that: "In the Courts of the United States, no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color." Held that under this statute, (as well as under Sec. 1977,) Indians were competent to testify before...

...also may the wife of a bankrupt be examined in bankruptcy. See sections 5087 and 5088. And, generally, in the courts of the United States, " no witness shall be excluded in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." Section 858, p. 162. 6. The...