Ohio Supreme Court, 1871

Doughman v. Doughman

Doughman v. Doughman
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 15, 1871
21 Ohio St. (N.S.) 658

Doughman v. Doughman

Opinion of the Court

By the Court :

Section 313 of the civil code as amended April 15, 1867, provides that “No party to a civil action shall be allowed to testify by virtue of section 310, in any civil action where the adverse parly is * * * the administrator of a deceased person,” except as to facts which occurred after the decedent’s death, etc. Held: In an action by H., administrator of E., against D., the administrator H. was competent to testify, on his own behalf, as administrator, to facts which occurred prior to the death of his intestate.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

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