M'Cabe v. Morehead
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Union county. John M’Cabe against John Morehead. This was an action of replevin for a raft of timber.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Union county. John M’Cabe against John Morehead. This was an action of replevin for a raft of timber. The plaintiff gave in evidence a contract between him and Cyreftius E; Wykoff by which the latter agreed to deliver a raft of timber, particularly described, at Wrightsville, by a certain time, and then examined witnesses to prove that the timber in question was that contracted for, and that the defendant knew that at the time he purchased the timber from Wykoff The defendant then offered in evidence the deposition of Wykoff tó prove that he had sold the timber to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
Two errors have been assigned in the present case. The first is in admitting the deposition of Cyrenius E. Wykoff, which was received in evidence on the part of the defendant, having been objected to by the plaintiff, who alleged that Wykoff was interested in favour of the defendant, and was therefore an incompetent witness. The court below, it is stated, considered him as indifferent between these parties, and equally liable to either, and therefore a competent witness. We are of opinion that so far as regarded the costs of this suit, he…
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