19 Ind. 83 | Ind. | 1862
Suit by Gulick against tbe Indiana Central Railway Company, to recover the value of a trunk and
In that case, the affidavit of the plaintiff was admitted in evidence, but the facts, which do not appear in the report, are, that the affidavit was admitted by consent, after the Court had determined that the plaintiff was a competent witness. The point in the case, and the one decided, was, that the plaintiff was a competent witness. This is very manifest, from the cases upon the authority of which the ■ruling in Doyle v. Kiser was made. They were cases where the plaintiff was a witness. See the note to The Great Northern, etc. v. Shephard, 9 L. and Eq. Rep. 477, and The Mad River, etc. v. Fulton, 20 Ohio, 318.
The judgment is reversed, with costs. Cause remanded for a new trial.