Court Opinion

ID: 5432995
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 17:48:55.724813+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:31:42.238029
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Murray, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.
On the trial of this cause in the Court below, the plaintiffs intro*467duced as a witness one Webb, who testified on his voir dire, that he had negotiated the contract between the parties, and that his brokerage or compensation depended on the plaintiff's recovery; as it was a custom among brokers not to charge commissions in case a sale miscarried.
The witness was incompetent, and should have been excluded; inasmuch as he was directly interested in the event of the suit.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered.