Morgan v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Citations

• 215 Pa. 443
• 64 A. 633
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 820

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Witness—Interested witness — Assignment of interest — Act of May 23, 1887, P. L. 158.</p> <p>An assignment of a party to a controversy made only for the purpose of enabling him to sustain the suit by his testimony, is not made in that good faith which the statute intends, and is ineffectual to accomplish that purpose.</p> <p>Appeals — Rulings on evidence — Arbitration—Exceptions.</p> <p>Where no exceptions are taken to the rejection by a referee of an offer of evidence, the question whether the rejection of the offer is erroneous cannot be considered on appeal.</p> <p>Evidence — Minutes of corporation — Rejection of minutes.</p> <p>The minutes of a corporation cannot be excluded as evidence on the ground that the secretary who produces them is a stockholder, and therefore interested; but they may be excluded where they are not shown to be pertinent to the issue.</p> <p>Statutes of limitations — Account stated — Running accounts — Act of March 27, 1713, 1 Sm. L. 76.</p> <p>The statute of limitations begins to run against an account stated from the date when rendered, but this rule does not apply to such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants.</p>