Friedeman v. Kinnen

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This is an appeal from a decree of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas dismissing the appellant’s complaint in equity seeking the reformation of a bond and mortgage. The only issue presented at trial and the only issue present in this appeal is whether the appellant, William Friedeman, was competent to testify in view of the provisions of the Act of May 23, 1887, P. L. 158, §5(e), 28 P.S. §322, commonly known as the “Dead Man’s Act”. * Tlie lower court held that appellant’s testimony was barred by the statute and, since there was no other testimony,…