 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1194 pages
...that year a law was passed which provided that "no person shall be excused or excluded as a witness In any civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise," with certain exceptions that are immaterial... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - Law - 1893 - 1174 pages
...377, where a statute provided that no person should be excused or excluded from being a witness in any civil suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as party or otherwise, " except in certain cases set out," it was held that this act,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 1004 pages
...civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity (including special proceedings before courts of probate), by reason of his interest in the event thereof as party or otherwise, except at the time of trial, the party prosecuting, or the party defending, or any one of them, is an executor... | |
 | John T. Cook - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 874 pages
...civil suit or proceeding at law, or in equity (including special proceedings before courts of probate), by reason of his interest in the event thereof as party or otherwise, except at the time of trial, the party prosecuting or the party defending, or any one of them, is an executor... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje - Cross-examination - 1887 - 684 pages
...section shall not apply to suits for divorce." 3 "No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, by reason of his or her interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 908 pages
...statute under which that case was decided provided that "no person shall be disqualified as a witness, in any civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise: * * * provided, that, in actions where one of the original parties... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1892 - 636 pages
...any criminal prosecution by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility. lu the trial of all indictments, complaints and other proceedings against persons charged with the... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1892 - 888 pages
...witness in any action by reason oj his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credit. Delaware (Laws, vol. 16, p. 537, sec. 1). Statutes in this State are the same as in Arkansas.... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - Inns of Court (London, England) - 1894 - 460 pages
...sweeping in its provisions. It is in these words : " No person shall be disqualified as a .witness in any suit or proceeding at law, or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, or by reason of his conviction of a crime ; but such interest... | |
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No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise, or by reason of his conviction of a crime ; but such interest or conviction may be... 
