Case Name: Wooster v. Booth
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874-10
Citations: 5 Thomp. & Cook 715
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wooster v. Booth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Thompson & Cook's Supreme Court Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 715–715

Head Matter:
Wooster v. Booth.
Witness—personal transaction with deceased under section 399 of Oode.
In an action by an administratrix against a constable to recover personal property belonging to the intestate, seized and held under an attachment and execution against another person, held, that the creditor in the action and judgment under which the attachment and levy was made was not, under Code, § 399, competent to testify to a personal transaction between himself and the intestate. Howland v. Wittle, 9 N. Y. 173.
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon the report of a referee.
The action was brought by Homer W. Wooster against George H. Booth, to recover for personal property belonging to plaintiff, seized upon an attachment and execution in an action against plaintiff’s wife, Mary A. Wooster. Plaintiff died pending the suit, and his widow, Mary A. Wooster, was substituted as plaintiff.
W. H. & L. E. Warren, for appellant.
Fuller, Vann & Brooks, for respondent.

Opinion:
E. Darwin Smith, J.
The judgment was reversed, and a new trial ordered, upon the ground stated in the head-note.
Judgment reversed and new trial granted.