Waddington v. Stores Mutual Protective Ass'n

1. While an agent is a competent witness either for or against his principal, his interest going to his credit, the declarations of an agent as to the business transacted by him are not admissible against his principal unless they are part of the negotiations constituting the res gestas, or unless the agent is dead. Code of 1933, § 4-315. Declarations accompanying an act, or so nearly connected therewith in time as to be free from all suspicion of device or afterthought, are admissible in evidence as part of res gestae. § 38-305. The admissions of an agent or attorney in fact, during the…