21 S.D. 1 | S.D. | 1906
The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that the plaintiff procured a loan of $4,000, at Sioux City,
Defendant’s contention that the complaint fails to state a cause of action is not tenable. The transaction which itdiscloses was one of frequent occurrence in the banking business, if not between individuals. Assuming its allegations to be true, plaintiff borrowed $4,000, leaving $2,000 on deposit with the person from whom the loan was made, to be paid upon demand of the depositor, and he was entitled to a judgment for the amount so deposited, with in
Testimony of plaintiff’s wife strongly tending to prove the retention of $2,000, in place of $1,700, as found by the trial court, was excluded on the ground of her alleged interest in the subject of the action. In modifying the common-law rule which excluded as witnesses all persons interested in the result of the action, legislation has been so varied as to render the decisions in one jurisdiction of little value in any other. In this state, so far as applicable to the case at bar, the statute reads as follows: “No person offered as a witness in any action * * * shall be excluded or excused by reason of such person’s interest in the event of the action ; * * * or because such person is a party thereto; or because such person is a husband or wife of a party thereto' or of any person in whose behalf such action * * * is brought, prosecuted, opposed or defended, except as hereinafter provided; * * * (2) In civil actions
The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered.