Weschler v. Carroll
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge:
In this appeal we are called upon to determine whether the trial court properly precluded the appellant-husband’s testimony under the provisions of the Dead Man’s Act (42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5930) as to the facts surrounding an alleged accident in which there were no witnesses other than the appellant-husband and the decedent, when the appellants sought only to recover against the decedent’s automobile *44liability insurance policy and not his estate. We find the trial court correctly applied the statute, and properly precluded the appellant-husband’s testimony.
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