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ROSINSKI v. WHITEFORD

No. 10204.

184 F.2d 700 (1950)

ROSINSKI v. WHITEFORD.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Tames M. Earnest, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. George L. Hart, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Arthur G. Lambert and James G. Wilkes, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Courts once refused to receive testimony from any witness interested in the result of a case. That rule was largely abrogated in the District of Columbia many years ago. Act of July 2, 1864, 13 Stat. 374, D.C.Code (1940) § 14-301. But until 1948, a remnant of the old rule prevented a surviving person from testifying about a transaction with a deceased person in a suit against his representative. D.C.Code (1940) § 14-302. In 1948...

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