 It was held that it was not error to ask the question; the statute providing that "no person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise...  Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois - Page 360by Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, Basil Jones, James Christopher Cahill, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1912Full view - About this book
 | Robert D. Handy, John H. Handy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 638 pages
...reading of the deposition is founded on section 313 of The Code of Civil Procedure. Section 310 provides that "no person shall be disqualified as a witness, in any civil action or proceeding, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party, or otherwise, or by... | |
 | District of Columbia - Law - 1857 - 788 pages
...proof in such actions may be given in mitigation of damages. sary. COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES. SECTION 1. No person shall be disqualified as a witness, in any civil action or proceeding, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, or by reason... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 660 pages
...abolishing the incompetency of witnesses on the ground of interest, after enacting in the ftrst section, that no person shall be disqualified as a witness...the event thereof, as a party or otherwise, etc., declares in the fifth section : no husband or wife shall, by virtue of section one of this act, be... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 634 pages
...he a competent witness ? The trial was had at the May term, 1868. By the act of 1867, it is provided that no person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action, suit or proceeding, except as therein stated, by reason of his or her interest in the event thereof, as a party or otherwise. This... | |
 | Nebraska - Session laws - 1861 - 278 pages
...competent witness in all cases, both civil and criminal, except as herein otherwise declared; and hereafter no person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding by reason of his or her interest in the result of the same as a party or otherwise, but... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 648 pages
...legislature, in a spirit of enlightened policy, abolished this rule, by declaring that no person should be disqualified as a witness in any civil action, suit or proceeding, or by reason of his or her interest in the event thereof, as a party or otherwise, or by reason of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 658 pages
...is also true, that the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Ohio provides, in its 310th section, that "no person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise." But the... | |
 | North Dakota - Session laws - 1862 - 640 pages
...competent witness in all cases, both civil and criminal, except as herein otherwise declared ; and no person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding, by reason of his or her interest in the result of the same, as a party or otherwise... | |
 | Montana - Session laws - 1866 - 802 pages
...sufficient grounds for the commencement of the same. TITLE XII. CHAPTER I. OF WITNESSES. SEC. 317. No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding, by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, or by reason... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 854 pages
...claiming to be competent by virtue of the Ohio code of civil procedure ; one section of which * declares that " No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil action or proceeding by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise." The Circuit... | |
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