In all other respects, the laws of the State in which the court is held shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courts 100] of the United States in trials at common law and in equity and admiralty. The American Law Register - Page 551885Full view - About this book
| 1863 - 734 pages
...CHAP. CLXXXIX.— Л« Act in relation to the Competency of Witnesses, and for other Purposes. The laws of the State in which the court is held shall...decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courte of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity and admiralty. The provision of the... | |
| Idaho - Law - 1864 - 734 pages
...United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws of the state in which the court shall be held, shall be the rules of decision as to the competency...courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty. APPROVED, July 16, 1862. ACT TO DEFINE THE PAY AND EMOLUMENTS OF CERTAIN... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1864 - 1060 pages
...588.) it was provided that "the laws of the State in which the court shall be held shall be the rule of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the...courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and in admiralty." But tins rule, thus authoritatively declared, had been practically recognized... | |
| Law - 1864 - 410 pages
...189, " it is provided that the laws of the State in which the' court shall be held, shall be the rule of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the...courts of the United States in trials at common law, in equity, and in admiralty." That Congress can, constitutionally, fix and determine the rules of evidence... | |
| Idaho (Ter.) - Law - 1864 - 762 pages
...United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws of the state in which the court shall be held, shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses iu the courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty. APPROVED, July... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 696 pages
...actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, continues : "In all other respects, the laws of the State in which the court is held, shall...trials at common law, and in equity and admiralty." The reading of the deposition was opposed by the defendants, on the ground that it was not lawful,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 732 pages
...thereto by tho court. In all other respects the laws of the State in which the court is held shall bo the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses...trials at common law, and in equity and admiralty." Messrs. TJ Durant and MT Merrick, in support of the application ; Mr. Albert Pike, contra. Mr. Justice... | |
| Idaho (Ter.) - Law - 1866 - 356 pages
...United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws of the state in which the court shall be held, shall be the rules of decision as to the competency...courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of section twenty-nine of... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 726 pages
...act of Congress of July 6th, 1862,f declares that the laws of the State in which the court shall be held, shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courts of the United States. The second assignment of error is, that the court sustained the plaintiff's objections to certain... | |
| Commercial law - 1868 - 988 pages
...fyc. That the laws of the State in which the court shall federal" courts'16 '3e *le'c' sua" be tne rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses...courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty. No. 432. — JULY 17, 1862. Stat. at Large, CHAP. CXCIX. — An Act to provide... | |
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