Mississippi Supreme Court, 1914

Kern v. Cooper

Kern v. Cooper
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1914 · Cook
106 Miss. 895; 64 So. 838

Kern v. Cooper

Opinion of the Court

Cook, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

It was error to permit plaintiffs in replevin to testify as witnesses to establish their claims against the estate of a deceased person. Section 1917, Code, 1906; Jackson v. Smith, 68 Miss. 53, 8 So. 258; Stanton v. Helm, 87 Miss. 287, 39 So. 457.

Reversed and remanded.

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