 The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or, that the record will be legal evidence for or against him, in some other action.  A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Sivu 547tekijä(t) Simon Greenleaf - 1846Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Francis Vesey, Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1844 - 710 sivua
...he could recover nothing in the present suit. The true test of the interest of a witness is, whether he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or whether the record will be legal evidence for or against him, in some other action. It must be a present,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 710 sivua
...the mortgagor mij ihow, by way of defence, that the contract upon which it was given was usurious. The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose brtlx direct legal operation o/the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for.or against... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1848 - 712 sivua
...and when not. See title " Testamentary Papers." Jackson and others vs. Culpepper, • 573 WITNESS. The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct and legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for or against... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 sivua
...277,) this Court held, that to render a witness incompetent on the ground of interest, it must be shown that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal...operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record vnll be legal evidence for, or against him, in some other action, and that the interest to exclude... | |
 | California, Henry Jacob Labatt - 1858 - 586 sivua
...of the interest of a person, which shall render him incompetent as a witness, shall be that he will gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record of the judgment will be legal evidence for or against him, in some other action ; but nothing in this,... | |
 | Idaho (Ter.) - 1864 - 762 sivua
...of the interest of a person, which shall render him incompetent as a witness, shall be, that he will gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record of the judgment, will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action ; but nothing in this... | |
 | Idaho - 1864 - 748 sivua
...of the interest of a person, which shall render him incompetent as a witness, shall be, that he will gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record of the judgment, will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action ; but nothing in this... | |
 | 1867 - 840 sivua
...Penna. The true test of interest in a witness is, that he will either gain or lose as the direct legal effect of the judgment, or that the record will be...legal evidence for or against him in some other action : Id. His liability to a like action is an interest in the question only, and does not exclude him.... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1876 - 924 sivua
...must be in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that tlie intervenor will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment. The provisions of our statute are taken substantially from the code of procedure of Louisiana, which... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1876 - 518 sivua
...must be in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that the intervener will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment." (13 Cal. 69.) In the case under consideration, the intervener had no union of interest in relation... | |
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