Wallace v. Stevens

Collard, Judge.

This suit was brought by the appellant Mary A. Wallace, the widow of J. H. Wallace, deceased, for herself and for the use of the children of her deceased husband, for damages actual and exemplary resulting from the killing of deceased by the defendants L. H. and J. T. Stevens in a personal difficulty.

Over objections of plaintiff the court permitted defendants to testify in their own behalf as to conduct and statements of deceased, and all that transpired between them and him pending the difficulty. Plaintiff assigns the ruling as error, because she says it is in violation of…