Bailey v. Blanchard

This was an appeal from the judge of probate ; the executor’s accounts had been referred to an auditor, and several questions arose upon the auditor’s report.

One question was, whether before the auditor, the executor could offer himself as a witness generally to his accounts and to the items and particulars of them. The Court are of opm*171¡on, that he could not be considered as a competent witness before the auditor. Like other accountants, he is bound to account on oath, that is, to make oath to the truth and correctness of his account. And he is also bound to answer all such specific…