LIVINGSTON v. Swanwick

2 U.S. 300 (____)

2 Dall. 300

LIVINGSTON et al.

versus

SWANWICK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Lewis, Rawle, Randolph & Dallas for the plaintiffs. E. Tilghman, Ingersoll, Wilcocks and Serjeant for the defendant.[*]

But, BY THE COURT: — The witness is competent to prove every part of the transaction. He is not interested in the event of the suit; nor can the verdict, in this case, be given in evidence, upon the trial of the action for his commissions. Anderson was a known, established, Broker; and unless he was admitted to give evidence of the instructions he received (which were oral in this case,…