Graves v. Priest

M’Girk, C. J.,

delivered the opiftion of the Court.

This was an action of assumpsit, by the administrators, in behalf of their intestate. The defendant plead set-off, and judgment for defendant for a small sum. On the trial the plaintiff offered Graves, one of the. plaintiffs, to prove work done by the intestate for the defendant. This-was objected to, and the objection sustained by the Court. The plaintiffs below bring their writ of error, and this is the only or.e presented by the record. In general, no party to a suit can be a witness, Phil. Evi. 57; a tru jtee cannot; a prochem amy cannot,…