Jones v. Love

Citations

• 9 Cal. 68

Syllabus

<p>The liability of a witness to either party, in case of a certain result of the suit, must be legal, and not moral, and the consequent interest present, certain, and vested, in order to exclude the witness.</p> <p>Where a party is called as a witness by the other side, and, on his cross-examination, testifies to new matter, his opponent may be called on his own behalf, in rebuttal of this new matter»</p> <p>When the deposition of a witness is taken, objections to his competency must be taken at the time, and not reserved till the trial, or they will be deemed waived.</p>