Banking House of Wilcoxson & Co. v. Rood
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Ruqker, Judge. (1) The Wilcoxsons being stockholders, and the officers of the plaintiff corporation, were not competent witnesses. R. S. 1889, sec. 8918. (2) Witnesses who would be benefited by their testimony are as equally incompetent as if they were parties to the record.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Ruqker, Judge. (1) The Wilcoxsons being stockholders, and the officers of the plaintiff corporation, were not competent witnesses. R. S. 1889, sec. 8918. (2) Witnesses who would be benefited by their testimony are as equally incompetent as if they were parties to the record. Meier v. Thieman, 90Mo. 334. (3) Any other ru.le would give litigants interested in a corporation an undue and unfair advantage over any other individual, and would constitute them a highly privileged class. Corporations are defined to be individuals. R. S. 1889, sec. 6568;…
1Opinion of the CourtMacearlane, J.
Plaintiff, a banking corporation, presented to the probate court for allowance against the estate of N. P. Rood, deceased, a note for $515. On appeal to the circuit court plaintiff recovered judgment and defendant appealed.
On the trial James M. Wilcoxson and Harrison Wilcoxson, both stockholders in the bank, the former its cashier and the latter its president, were permitted *259to testify as witnesses. Defendant objected to their competency on the ground that they were both interested in the result of the suit, and Rood, the other party to the note, was dead. These witnesses testified that the…
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