Keller Implement Co. v. Eiting

If the plaintiff-appellant is correct in claiming that the testimony of Reuben Keller with regard to an alleged sale of the combine by Edward Eiting to Keller Implement Company was admissible, reversal and new trial are required. So that claim of error will be the first considered.

The testimony of Reuben Keller as to what took place when Edward Eiting brought the combine back to the Keller Implement Company was objected to, and held barred by sec. 885.16, Stats., commonly known as the dead man’s statute. This section provides in part:

“No party or person in his own behalf or interest, and no…