Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors, 1843

Mills v. Lee

Mills v. Lee
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · Decided February 15, 1843 · Cowen
4 Hill & Den. 549

Counsel

S. Stevens, for the motion., S. J. Cowen, contra.

Mills v. Lee

Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Cowen, J.

The judge was clearly right in refusing to postpone the cause. There can be no doubt that, in actions ex contractu, a verdict in favor of one of several defendants, though'on the ground of bankruptcy, will not render him a competent witness for his co-defendant. (3 Hill, 106, 7, note, and the cases there cited.)

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