 | 1902 - 1128 sider
...courts of the United States by providing in Rev. St. § 858, that "no witness shall be excluded * * * in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried," with a stated exception in suits by or against executors, etc., such legislation is exclusive, and... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - 1880 - 742 sider
...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... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit), Robert William Hughes - 1880 - 750 sider
...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... | |
 | 1904 - 1108 sider
...US 163, 26 L. Ed. in. The Revised Statutes (section 858 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 659]) declare 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 to be tried: provided, that In actions... | |
 | 1896 - 2118 sider
...Revised Statutes of the United States, it is enacted that "* * * no witness shall be excluded • • • because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried:" provided (so far as affects the present case) "that in actions by * * * administrators • • • neither party... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis - 1880 - 362 sider
...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." That swept away, absolutely and entirely, all objections to witnesses, either because they had an interest... | |
 | 1881 - 956 sider
...in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness * * * in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." Under the statute as it thus stood, the laws of Nevada, excluding a party where the opposite party... | |
 | William Edward Miller - 1881 - 728 sider
...The proviso to the third section of the act of July 2, 1864 (§ 858 of the Revised Statutes'), 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 has no application to the courts... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1881 - 836 sider
...Untied States v. Schurz, 378. 2. Sect. 858 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which declares "that in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment m;iy be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as... | |
 | 1882 - 1284 sider
...Corkhill will read, in the general Revised Statutes, section 858. The DISTRICT ATTORNEY. [Heading:] In the courts of the United States no witness shall...he is a party to or interested in the issue tried : Proridtd, That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardian*, iu which judgment... | |
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That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them... 
