 | 1887 - 1112 páginas
...several motions above referred to. Section 509, Rev. St. 1881, provides that a party to an action may be examined as a witness at the instance of the adverse party, "concerning any matter stated in the pleading," and for that purpose his attendance may be compelled... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1906 - 830 páginas
...the prosecution or defense of another action shall be allowed, and the provision that " a party may be examined as a witness at the instance of the adverse party " was intended as a substitute. " In general," says Greenleaf, " the answer of one defendant in chancery... | |
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A party to an action may be examined as a witness at the instance of the adverse party, or of any one of several adverse parties, and for that purpose may be compelled, in the same manner and subject to the same rules of examination as any other witness,... 
