Marshall v. Karl
Citations
- 60 Ill. 208
Syllabus
<p>Witness — competency of, under act of 1867. In an action on a promissory-note, where the plaintiff sued an administrator of a deceased person, a question arising as to what constituted the consideration of the note, a person who acted as agent of the deceased in the transactions out of which tlie consideration arose, was allowed to testify as to his understanding of what the consideration was: 1Held, that one of the defendants'who was a surety on the note, and was present during such transactions, and who testified lie knew what was the consideration of the note, was a competent witness, under the second clause of section 2 of the act of 1867, to testify to the same point.</p>
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- stating that a devise of property that does not belong to a testator is admissible as bearing on the question of testamentary capacity
- each holding that parent and child, guardian and ward, principal and agent, are equally fiduciary relations, and equally require the application of the doctrine
- each holding that parent and child, guardian and ward, principal and agent, are equally fiduciary relations, and equally require the application of the doctrine
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Judges: Breese
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