...and partially by judicial construction. By congress, in July, 1864. (Rev. St. § 858,) it was enacted that "in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue...

...Revised Statutes of the United States, has enacted that there shall be no exclusion of any witness in a civil action because he Is a party to, or Interested In, the issue tried. But that clause has merely removed all disqualifications of witnesses for Interest, and doos uot affect...

...enacts that in courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness in civil actions, "because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried;" and the amendatory act SJof March 3, 1865, making certain exceptions to the rule, apply to • civil...

...858 of the Revised Statutes [US Сотр. St. 1901, p. 659], which enact * * * that in those courts, no witness shall be excluded in any civil action because he is a party to or In1 crested in the issue tried, parties to a civil suit * * * папу testify by deposition as well...

...competent witnesses depends upon the construction of section 858 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that "in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue...

...competent witnesses depends upon the construction of section 858 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that "in the courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue...

...competent witnesses depends upon the construction of section 858 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that " In the courts of the United States no witness shall -be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil _action because he is a party to or interested in the issue...

...Revised Statutes of the United States, has enacted that there shall be no exclusion of any witness in a civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried. But that clause has merely removed all disqualifications of witnesses for interest, and does not affect...

...the Revised Statutes of the United States does not apply to the present case. It reads as follows: "In the courts of the United States, no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue...

...Otto), 1. This rule is subject, however, to section 858 of the USR 8., which provides as follows : "In courts of the United States no witness shall be excluded In any action on account of color, or In any civil action, because he is a party to or Interested in the issue...