... in actions by or against the representatives of deceased persons, the entries, memoranda and declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received in evidence. Atlantic Reporter - Page 1031894Full view - About this book
| Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 712 pages
...ANDREWS, CJ, CA.UPKNTER, TOBBANCE, FKNN and BALIWIN, Js. It is provided by Gen. Statutes, § 1094, that " in actions by or against the representatives...the matter in issue, may be received as evidence." Held that where a suit was brought and the plaintiff died during its pendency and his executor entered,... | |
| Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 672 pages
...admissible. By the statute of Connecticut, in actions by or against the representative of a deceased person, the entries, memoranda and declarations of the deceased,...the matter in issue, may be received as evidence. No testimony was given by any of the parties to the suit in regard to the acts or declarations of the... | |
| Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 664 pages
...the act of 1881, which provides that " in suits by or against representatives of deceased persons, declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received as evidence." Session Laws of 1881, ch. 99, sec. 1. No claim is made that the evidence was not relevant to prove... | |
| Law - 1916 - 506 pages
...In Connecticut, a statute provides that in action by or against representatives of deceased persons, declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received." These statutes, and very possibly more might be found, represent the view, expressed by Mellish, L,.... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...line of Inquiry forbidden was improper unless authorized by section 705 of the General Statetes, which provides that "In actions by or against the representatives...the matter in issue, may be received as evidence," etc. It was clearly proper, if the proceeding before the court is to be regarded as an action by or... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 972 pages
...so by the act which provides that, "in suits by or against the representatives of deceased persons, declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received as evidence." tiess. Laws 1881, c. 99, § 1. To vindicate the admission of the declarations in question under this... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 1086 pages
...under the Act of 1881, which provides that "in suits by or against representatives of deceased persons, declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received as evidence." Session Laws 1881, chap. 99, g 1. No claim is made that the evidence was not relevant to prove the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 972 pages
...the act of 1881, which provides that " in suits by or against representatives of deceased persons, declarations of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue may be received as evidence." Session Laws of 1881, chap. 99, § 1. No claim is made that the evidence was not relevant to prove... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - Massachusetts - 1890 - 1152 pages
...actions by or against the representatives of deceased persons, the entries, memoranda and declaration of the deceased relevant to the matter in issue, may be received us evidence; and Of the joint committee on the Judiciary, inexpedient to legislate, on the order relative... | |
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