Case Name: Ross v. Carter
Court: Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1810-02
Citations: 4 Hen. & M. 488
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ross v. Carter.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 959–959

Head Matter:
Ross v. Carter.
February Term. 1810.
Right of Defendant to Examine Plaintiff as Witness.— A commission cannot issue at the instance of a defendant to examine the plaintiff as a witness in the canse.
Botts moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a commission to examine the plaintiff de bene esse saving all just exceptions.

Opinion:
By the Chancellor.
The plaintiff has either an interest in the subject to the suit, or he has not; if he has, he should not give evidence; if he has not, the suit should not be brought in his name, which, in any event makes him personally liable for costs in case the suit goes against him.
Motion denied.