Weston v. Hunt

This case was tried in the law commissioner’s court, on an appeal from a justice’s court. Weston & Russell sued Hub-bell & Hunt, partners, on an open account, for services rendered and materials furnished. Process was served on Hunt alone, and the suit carried on against him. On the trial, Hunt offered C. B. Hubbell as a witness for himself, but the court rejected Mm as incompetent. It. appears that C. B. Hubbell was a partner in the firm of Hubbell & Hunt, at the time of the date of the items in the account on which suit was brought. The only question is, whether the witness was competent.

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