Case Name: T. J. MERONEY v. ALPHONSO C. AVERY, Executor, &c.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1870-01
Citations: 64 N.C. 312
Docket Number: 
Parties: T. J. MERONEY v. ALPHONSO C. AVERY, Executor, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 312–313

Head Matter:
T. J. MERONEY v. ALPHONSO C. AVERY, Executor, &c.
Objections to the competency of testimony, must be taken in due time, if not, they are waived; Therefore, where a party was allowed to testify upon examination in chief, to a conversation between himself and the defendant’s testator, and during the cross-examination, the defendant objected to the competency of such testimony, and asked that it might be excluded; Held, that although incompetent, the objection to its reception came too late.
(Whitesides v. Green, ante 307, cited and approved.)
Assumpsit, tried before Cloud, J., at Fall Term 1869 of ÉOWAN Court.
Upon the trial, the plaintiff was introduced and testified, without objection, as to a conversation between himself and the testator in regard to the cause of action; upon his cross-examination he was asked if he were not plaintiff, and if Isaac T. Avery, the testator of the defendant, were not dead. Upon his answering in the affirmative, the defendant objected to the competency of his evidence as to the conversation.
His Honor held that all objection had been waived, and refused to exclude it.
Afterwards the defendant testified in regard to the same conversation.
Yerdict for the plaintiff. Rule, &c. Judgment and Appeal.
Crcáge and Bailey, for the appellant.
Boy den, Blackmer & McOorMe and Clement, contra.

Opinion:
Rodman, J.
The plaintiff was an incompetent witness to any transaction or communication with the testator of the defendant: C. C. P. § 343; Whitesides v. Green, Admr. decided at this term: hut the objection was waived, by not being taken in due time. An objection must be taken as soon as its existence becomes known: 1 Stark. Ev. 114; 1 Greenl. Ev. 461. The introduction of the defendant after-wards cannot affect this case.
Pee Curiam:. Judgment affirmed.