Wager v. Barbour

Citations

• 84 Va. 419
• 4 S.E. 842
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 91

Syllabus

<p>1. Witnesses— Competency.—One not a party to a bond, but who has agreed with the obligor to pay it, and has received from him money for that purpose, is a competent witness to prove payment, though the obligee is dead. Code 1873, ch. 172, ? 21; Acts 1877-78, ch. 256,1 1.</p> <p>2. Practice at Common Law—Erroneous instructions—Harmless error.—Instructions, though erroneous, yet not prejudicial to party excepting thereto, constitute no grounds for reversal.</p>