Shaw & Reed v. Davis
California Supreme Court
Shaw & Reed v. Davis, 5 Cal. 466 (Cal. 1855)
Murray
Shaw & Reed v. Davis
Opinion of the Court
Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.
On the trial of this cause in the Court below, the plaintiffs intro
The witness was incompetent, and should have been excluded; inasmuch as he was directly interested in the event of the suit.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- SHAW & REED v. GEORGE H. DAVIS
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- Published
- Syllabus
- A broker, whose commissions or compensation depends on his principal’s recovery, is incompetent as a witness, on the ground that he is directly interested in the event of the suit.