Legal Opinion
Chalmers v. Sheinman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 1936No. 5680PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
In the course of an examination before the referee in bankruptcy, the bankrupt was called as a witness and was questioned as to the source of funds which his wife paid to a certain corporation. Later, she was interrogated concerning some of her business transactions in which her husband was interested. Section 5 (c) of the Act of May 23, 1887, P.L. 158 (28 P.S. § 317), of Pennsylvania provides that a husband and wife shall not be “competent or permitted to testify against each other.” The referee ruled that this act was binding upon him. The District Court sustained the…
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- Rodgers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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- American Issue Pub. Co. v. SloanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
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- In re Mallow Hotel Corp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1937