Nason v. Thatcher
Cases that cite this one
10 later published cases cite this decision.
- Graphic Packaging Corporation v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas And Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2015)
- Russell v. Russell's Exs (Superior Court of Delaware 1865)
- Burdine v. Grand Lodge of Alabama (Ala. 1861)
- Dartmouth College v. Woodward (Supreme Court of the United States 1819)
- Fox v. Whitney (Mass. 1819)
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (Superior Court of New Hampshire 1817)
- Sears v. Dillingham (Mass. 1815)
- Durant v. Starr (Mass. 1814)
- Jackson ex dem. Cooder v. Woods (New York Supreme Court 1799)
- Schenck v. Corshen (N.J. 1793)
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Opinion of the Court
If this society were a party to the suit, its members could not be admitted as witnesses. But as they are mere trustees, and we cannot presume that they will abuse the trust reposed in them by the testator, their interest is too minute to admit of the supposition that it will influence them in their testimony. Let them be sworn.
A verdict being rendered in favor of the sanity of the testator, the decree of the court below was affirmed, and the cause remitted for further proceedings.
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