Legal Opinion
Hoopingarner v. Bowser
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 4, 1972No. 272A78PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStaton, J.
D. Eugene Hoopingarner offered George Bows-er as a witness to support certain allegations in his complaint against the Estate of Fred Hoopingarner to establish an equitable lien in the proceeds from a real estate sale. The real estate sale had been precipitated by a partition suit while Fred Hoopingarner was alive. George Bowser’s competency as a witness was objected to by the counsel for Fred Hoopingarner’s Estate for the reason that George Bowser was D. Eugene Hoopingarner’s agent and within IC 1971, 34-1-14-8; Ind. Ann. Stat. §2-1717 (Burns 1968) which provides in part:
“No person who shall…
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- Piper v. FosherIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
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