State Ex Rel. Markley v. Baldwin

Citations

• 112 U.S. 490
• 5 S. Ct. 278
• 28 L. Ed. 822
• 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1901

Syllabus

<p>A suit on an administrator’s bond, taken in the name of a State for the benefit of parties interested, is, for the purposes of-jurisdiction, to bo regarded as a suit in the name of the party for whose benefit it is brought.</p> <p>Testimony as to admissions and conduct of a deceased person cannot be impeached by proof of that person’s statement concerning the character of the witness testifying to them.</p> <p>If one of the issues at a trial bo whether parties cohabiting together in a State in which marriage is a civil contract, to which no attending ceremonies are necessary, were man an'd wife, it is the duty of the court to direct the jury, in the absence of statutory regulations on the subject, to the necessity of proof of some public recognition of the marriage, by which it can beknown, or reputation of the relation may obtain.</p> <p>A general verdict upon distinct issues raised by several pleas cannot be sustained if there was error as to the admission of evidence, or in the charge of the court, as to any one of the issues.</p>