Graham v. Walsh

1. The court did not err in excluding from the testimony the alleged admissions of one of the defendants (who was in default and against whom a judgment was rendered), upon the ground that as to the other defendant this testimony was hearsay. The mere fact that this defendant is the sister of the first-mentioned defendant and lived in the house with him was not a sufficient circumstance to support the inference that his knowledge was communicated to her.

2. According to the plaintiff’s own testimony, he was a mere volunteer, and assumed any risk attendant upon the character of the animal in…