Rouse v. . Whited

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The only important question presented by this appeal is: Had the defendants a right to prove on the cross-examination that when Oliver Whited told the sheriff and both defendants told Seaman that the property levied on was the plaintiff's, they at the same time and as part of the same conversation said that the debt (the execution debt) was the plaintiff's debt or belonged to him to pay? It appears that the County Court reversed the judgment of the justice…