Hazlett v. Gambold

The appellee, who was the plaintiff, sued the appellants for hogs-sold and delivered, and for money paid, &c. There was a verdict for the plaintiff; upon which the Court, having refused a new trial, rendered judgment. During the trial, the plaintiff offered to read in' evidence to’ the jury, the depositions of Thomson Parle, John Whetstone,, and Elijah Parle; to the reading of which the defendants objected, on the ground that these witnesses all resided in the county of Montgomery, a county adjoining that in which the cause was then being tried: and at the same time, they, the defendants,…