Stevens v. William Deering & Co.

Citations

• 6 S.D. 200
• 60 N.W. 739
• 1894 S.D. LEXIS 131

Syllabus

<p>1. The-rule is general that a party’s own declarations in support of his title are inadmissible in his favor on a trial of that question, and the facts in this case do not bring it within any recognized'exception to such ■ rule.</p> <p>2. Where a father and his family, including his son, all live together, and the dispute is between the son and a third person as to the ownership of certain personal property claimed by the son, the “talk and conversation of the family” that the son was the owner is hearsay, and inadmissible.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.</p>