Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. Murphy

The suit is upon a policy of marine insurance on the steamship Rose Murphy.

There was no error in sustaining plaintiff's objection to the certified copy of the conviction and sentence of the plaintiff in the United States District Court for perjury. It was offered by defendant for the purpose of disqualifying plaintiff as a witness. The case of State ex rel. Sanford, Solicitor, v. Riddle, 213 Ala. 430, 105 So. 259, presented for application a different statute from section 7722 of the Code of 1923, coming to us from the Code of 1886, § 2766, Acts 1883, p. 146. That case involved the removal of…