Koger v. Armstrong

Citations

• 72 Kan. 691
• 83 P. 1029
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 370

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Transactions Had with Deceased Persons. In an action upon a promissory note the testimony of a witness, not a party to the action, that he was the principal upon the note, that the defendant was merely a surety, and that in the lifetime of the plaintiff’s intestate the time had been extended upon the note for a valuable consideration without the knowledge or consent of the defendant, was held not to be within the rule (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 4770) forbidding a party to testify in his own behalf in certain cases in respect to personal transactions had with a deceased person.</p>