 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 696 pages
...in pursuance of section 858 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which enact as follows : "In the courts of the United States, no witness shall be excluded in ... any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." The same section, after excepting... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 438 pages
...the other party. The provision of the act of congress upon the subject is as follows : " Section 858. In the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried: Provided, that... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 732 pages
...upon the subject, found in section 858 of the Revised Statutes, was as follows: "In the courts of tho United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because ho is a party to, or interested in, tho issue tried : Provided, That... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1876 - 762 pages
...to the suit, but not otherwise. By the Revised Statutes of the United States, § 858, it is enacted that, " in the courts of the United States, no witness...shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he ia a party thereto, provided, that, in actions by or against executors,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 808 pages
...the contents of the lost package. Sect. 858 of the Revised Statutes, originally enacted July 2, 1864, declares that " in the courts of the United States...shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." This was a complete... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 858 pages
...that Territory as elsewhere within the United States. The act of July 2, 1864, 18 id. 851, declaring that in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried, is not locally inapplicable... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1122 pages
...that it was error to refuse the request. Section 858, Rev. St US [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 659], simply declares that: "In the courts of the United States...shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or In any civil action because he Is a party to or Interested in the issue tried." It leaves such party,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1128 pages
...testify to the matters equally within the knowledge of John A. Wansey ; but it is provided by congress that : "in the courts of the United States no witness...shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried; provided, that in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 2044 pages
...iucompetency; and, secondly, because of irrelevancy and immateriality. By section 858, Rev. St., it is provided that: "In the courts of the United States, no witness...shall be excluded In any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to, or interested in the issue tried: provided, that in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1108 pages
...Bank, 102 US 163, 26 L. Ed. in. The Revised Statutes (section 858 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 659]) declare that: "In the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded • * * In any civil action because he Is a party to or Interested in the issue to be tried: provided, that In actions... | |
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Statutes, which provides that "in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried : Provided, that in actions by or against... 
