Court Opinion

ID: 5495143
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 02:51:10.294563+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:33:47.362235
License: Public Domain

Dykman, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff after a trial at the circuit against the executors of his deceased mother. Without an examination of the merits, a new trial must be ordered on account of erroneous admission of testimony on the trial. During the examination of the plaintiff as a witness in his own behalf he was asked the following questions: “At the time that these articles of clothing were furnished to you, did your mother tell you what they were to be applied on? What did she state she was owing you for, and what was said about the clothing? What did she say? Did you make any requests of your mother for the clothes? Do you mean to say that she told you to get this clothing on account of the wages due to you, that she said just these words? Did she also pay you any money during your services?” Objections were interposed by the counsel to all these questions on the ground that they called for communications with the deceased, which were all overruled, and exceptions were taken to all such rulings. The answers to the questions disclosed transactions and communications with the deceased, and is a plain case of á violation of section 829 of the Code. Neither do we think that the introduction in evidence of the two checks of the deceased woman to the plaintiff justified the admission of the testimony. The judgment and order denying the motion for a new trial should be reversed, and a new trial should be granted, with costs to abide the event.