Keran v. Trice's Ex'ors
Supreme Court of Virginia
TMs is an appeal £r.oin tlie decree of the circuit court of Rockingham county. In ¡November, 1874, Eli Reran filed his hill in the circuit court of Rockingham county against James M. Trice and others, in which he alleged that oh the 15th of January, 1854, he executed a bond to said Trice for $700, and on the 16th of March, 1857, he gave to Trice, in lieu of the bond, a negotiable note for a.like sum payable thirty days after date at the Rockingham bank at Harrisonburg.
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TMs is an appeal £r.oin tlie decree of the circuit court of Rockingham county. In ¡November, 1874, Eli Reran filed his hill in the circuit court of Rockingham county against James M. Trice and others, in which he alleged that oh the 15th of January, 1854, he executed a bond to said Trice for $700, and on the 16th of March, 1857, he gave to Trice, in lieu of the bond, a negotiable note for a.like sum payable thirty days after date at the Rockingham bank at Harrisonburg. Trice having brought an action on the note, Keran, on the 30th of May, 1859, confessed a judgment thereon for the amount of…
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
Trice and Keran (the appellant), the original parties to the transaction, which is the subject of investigation in this cause, both deposed. When Trice gave his deposition, Keran was present in person and by counsel and cross-ex- ■ amined him. Trice afterwards died, precisely when does not appear, but Keran had abundant opportunity to give his own deposition after Trice had given his and before his death. The question is raised, whether under our statute allowing parties to testify in their own behalf with certain qualifications and exceptions, both of these depositions can be read, or…
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