Hess v. Gourley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 263. 'Ejectment by John Gourley and Annie, his wife, in right of said wife, against Peter Hess and Maria Hess, his wife, and Catharine Earron. At the trial, before Einletter, J., it appeared that in 1836, Ann Harlan, who was a widow, kept a boarding-house and had among her boarders a shoemaker, named Alexander Barber.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 263. 'Ejectment by John Gourley and Annie, his wife, in right of said wife, against Peter Hess and Maria Hess, his wife, and Catharine Earron. At the trial, before Einletter, J., it appeared that in 1836, Ann Harlan, who was a widow, kept a boarding-house and had among her boarders a shoemaker, named Alexander Barber. The relations between these parties were of a friendly character, and in her business transactions Mrs. Harlan, who owned considerable real estate and was illiterate, trusted largely to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The Act of April 15th 1869, Pamph. L. 30, establishes a general rule that “ no interest nor policy of law shall exclude a party or person from being a witness in any civil proceeding.” This abrogates the common-law rules respecting the competency of parties and interested persons, and persons on grounds of public policy; and is so comprehensive that no relation is so sacred nor interest so strong as to exempt- any person, who .is not taken -out by the pro*198viso, from testifying in a civil proceeding which is not withdrawn from its operation. The first section declares’ that “ this act shall not…
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