Miller v. Frick

Citations

• 30 Del. 374
• 7 Boyce 374
• 107 A. 394
• 1919 Del. LEXIS 38

Syllabus

<p>1. Witnesses—Transaction with Decedent.</p> <p>In replevin for jewelry and furniture of plaintiff administrator’s decedent, testimony of defendant that he himself had paid with checks for the furniture bought by and billed to decedent and in her possession at the time of her death held inadmissible as relating to a transaction with decedent.</p> <p>2. Evidence—Documentary Evidence—Exclusion for Lack of Connecting Evidence.</p> <p>In replevin, where testimony of defendant that he had given a'check to a furniture company in payment for property mentioned in the writ and which he had purchased through decedent was properly rejected as relating to a transaction with decedent, the check itself was properly excluded from evidence as not connected with the case.</p>