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Case No. 13,940.
    THOMPSON v. AFFLICK.
    [2 Cranch, C. C. 67.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1812.
    Witness — Competency — Interest — Surety on Administrator’s Bond.
    A surety in an administration bond is a competent witness for the administrator.
    [See Case No. 13,939.]
    Mr. Caldwell, for defendant
    [Afflick’s administrator], offered to examine as witness for the defendant, Charles Glover, who was a surety in the defendant’s administration bond.
    Mr. Key, for plaintiff
    [Thompson’s administrator], objected that the witness was interested.
   But

THE COURT

overruled the objection.