 | John Hoff Stewart - Equity - 1900 - 712 pages
...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 the purpose of affecting his or her credit; provided that no party shall l>e sworn in any case where the opposite party is prohibited... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 780 pages
...in 1848 and was very broad. It provided "that no lx;rson 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... | |
 | Law - 1904 - 1032 pages
...24, providing that no person shall be disqualified as a witness In common civil suits or proceedings at law or in equity by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, and providing that In all actions except actions on book account,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1402 pages
...make aw^fe a competent which provides that no person shall be disquah- • - ... fied as a witness in any civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of hie interest in the event of the same, as a party or otherwise," the wife is a competent witness when... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 828 pages
...sustained. Section 4652, Revised Statutes 1899, enacts : "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... | |
 | William Draper Lewis - Judges - 1908 - 606 pages
...Act of April 9th, Chapter 266: Sec. I. No person shall 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 as herein otherwise provided ; but such interest may be shown... | |
 | Colorado. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 676 pages
...interest in the event of a suit, as a party or otherwise, . does not disqualify a person as a witness, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility. That test, when applied, must extend to all witnesses alike who are interested, either as parties,... | |
 | Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz - Evidence (Law) - 1914 - 996 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... | |
 | Missouri. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 870 pages
...Revised Statutes 1909, so far as pertinent reads: "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, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - History - 1923 - 960 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 bis 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... 
