 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 710 páginas
...under his endorsement. — jVtsbet vs. Lawson.' 282-3 7. The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation of the judgment, or that lh¿ record will be legal evidence for or against him, in some other, suit.... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 páginas
...Barrett, (3 Ke'.'.y, 277,) this Court held, that to render a witness incompetent on the ground of Merest, it must be shown that he will either gain or lose...operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record mil be legal evidence for, or against him, in some other action, and that the interest to exclude a... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1920 - 788 páginas
...appears clearly that his interest in the subject-matter is of such a direct and immediate character that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the decree of this court determining the right of the defendant Preston to recover for his services in... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1919 - 806 páginas
...also has an interest in the litigation "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." See opinion of Field, J., in Horn v. Water Co., 13 Cal. 62, cited with approval in Smith v. Gale, 144... | |
 | California - 1854 - 270 páginas
...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,... | |
 | William H. R. Wood - 1857 - 834 páginas
...of the interest of a person, which shall ren-ler him incompetent as a witness, shall be that he will th houses of the législature. The person having the highest number of votes shall be gov of the judgment will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action, but nothing in thi*,... | |
 | California - 1858 - 320 páginas
...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,... | |
 | California - 1860 - 388 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1917 - 720 páginas
...directly interested in the event of the suit.' The true test, of his interest was whether he would either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment or that the record would be legal evidence for or against him in some other action. The interest which disqualifies a... | |
 | Henry Jacob Labatt - 1861 - 486 páginas
...in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that the party intervening will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment. Horn v. Volcano Water Co., 13 Cal. 70. • 48. Where the record sho^vs in general terms the appearance... | |
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Field, now a member of this court, that "the interest mentioned in the statute which entitles a person to intervene in a suit between other parties must be in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that the intervenor will... 
