 ... to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person...  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 201by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, William Jennison, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, John Adams Brooks, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, James M. Reasoner, Henry Allen Chaney, Richard W. Cooper, William Dudley Fuller, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell - 1869Full view - About this book
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 610 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be permitted to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been...equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." — (Laws 1861, p. 169). The construction put upon this section by the court below, seems to be, that... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 744 pages
...if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all in <8 HICH.-29 relation to matters which, if true, must have been...equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." The suit or proceeding contemplated by this statute is one in which heirs, assigns, devisees, legatees... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 730 pages
...against a corporation, no officer or agent of any such corporation shall be allowed to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been...equally within the knowledge of such deceased person. At the time this objection was made there was nothing in the pleadings or record which showed that... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 800 pages
...person who is, or has been, an officer or agent of any such corporation be allowed to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been...equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." Were these witnesses officers or agents of the corporation, within the meaning of this statute? It... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 758 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all in relation to matters which, if true, must have been...equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." Public Acts 1875, p. 184. The case, as is obvious at a glance, is peculiar. The question ruled upon... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 776 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." How. Stat. § 7545. This suit is prosecuted by plaintiff as the representative of Philinda Hurlbut,... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 804 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness in his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." Counsel for defendant urge that the word " assigns," as used in this statute, can include only a person... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 824 pages
...and personal representative of a deceased person, and complainant is not admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person. 5 How. Stat. (2d Ed.) § 12856; 3 Comp. Laws, § 10212 (3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 12553). Considered as... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 844 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person. * * * Provided, that whenever the words ' the opposite party ' occur in this section it shall be deemed... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 858 pages
...opposite party, if examined as a witness in his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person." Section 10212, 3 Comp. Laws, as amended by Act No. 30, Pub. Acts 1903. The objection was well taken.... | |
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