Allen v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"No party to any civil action, suit or proceeding, or person directly interested in the event thereof, shall be allowed to testify therein, of his own motion, or in his own behalf, by virtue of section 154-1-1, when any adverse party sues or defends as . . . the executor or administrator, heir, legatee or devisee of any deceased person, or as guardian or trustee of any such heir, legatee or devisee; unless when called as a witness by such adverse party so suing or defending. . . ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. National State Bank of Boulder, Colo. v. Brayman