Case Name: William Herbert, Jr., Assignee of John Potts under the Insolvent Law, v. Finlay Bannatyne & Co.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 12
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Herbert, Jr., Assignee of John Potts under the Insolvent Law, v. Finlay Bannatyne & Co.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 12–12

Head Matter:
William Herbert, Jr., Assignee of John Potts under the Insolvent Law, v. Finlay Bannatyne & Co.
In a suit by the trustee of an insolvent debtor, a creditor of the insolvent is not a competent witness.
On the trial of an issue from Chancery to ascertain for what sum the defendants could have sold a certain cargo of tobacco,
Mr. E. J. Lee, for the complainant,
offered W. Wilson as a witness.
Mr. Swann, for the defendants,
objected that W. Wilson was a creditor of PottSj the insolvent, and was therefore a cestui que trust, and as such directly interested in augmenting, the fund.

Opinion:
The Court,
(Thruston, J., absent,)
decided that W. Wilson was not a competent witness.