Murkowski v. Lien’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"Matters affecting credibility: Statements of deceased person. Neither parties nor other persons who have an interest in the event of an action or proceeding are excluded as witnesses; nor those who have been convicted of crime; nor persons on account of their opinions on matters of religious belief; although in every case, except the latter, the credibility of the witness may be drawn in question, according to the rules of the common law. When a party to a civil action or suit by or against an executor or administrator appears as a witness in his own behalf, statements of the deceased whether oral or in writing concerning the same subject may also be shown."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Hewett's Estate

2. “merely to place the deceased party's case on an equal footing, in respect to sources of proof, with that of the surviving opponent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Hewett's Estate