Becker v. Shaw

1. Where a party voluntarily testified that he acted in a given transaction under (he advice of his attorney, it was not cause for a new trial that his attorney was permitted, over his objection, to testify to the same thing.

2. Although the evidence demanded a verdict for the plaintiff, the court erred in directing a verdict for the amounts of principal, interest, and attorney’s fees as therein stated. The Civil Code, §2883, prescribes that, “When a payment is made upon any debt, it shall be applied first to the discharge of interest due at the time, and the balance, if any, to the reduction…