Stone v. Citizens State Bank

Citations

• 64 Fla. 456

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a person dies intestate, the inheritance of his-property is regulated by the statutes of descent. A sister of such intestate may or not be one of his heirs at law. In the absence of any showing to the effect that such sister is one of the heirs at law, or is interested in the result of' an action at law between the administrator oí the estate of such intestate and a third party, such sister is not disqualified from testifying as a witness, under the provisions of section 1505 of the General Statutes of 1906, concerning-transactions and conversations between her and the intestate.</p> <p>2. Where the evidence is not such as would warrant a verdiet for the plaintiff, an affirmative charge for the defendant cannot be held to be erroneous.</p>