...Decedents.— Under Conet. Ark. art. 7,522, providing that In actions by or against executors or administrators neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as to any transaction with or statement of the deceased, It Is not competent, In an action ogainst an administrator for conversion, for plaintiff...

...1882. 1. The statute which forbids either party, In an> action by or against a personal representative, to testify against the other as to any transaction with, or statement by, the deceased, can not be extended by the courts to cases not within its terms, upon the ground that they...

...federal statute,6 which provides that in actions by or against executors, etc., neither party shall testify against the other as to any transaction with or statement by the decedent, unless required so to do by the opposite party or the court ; and in States in which the...

...in the issue tried : Provided that in actions by or against executors, administrator- or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party s'jall be allowed to testify against the other as to any transaction with or statement by the testator,...

...or in any civil action because he is a party to or against executors, administrators, or guardians in which judgment may be rendered for or against them,...all other respects, the laws of the State in which the court is held shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courts of...

...or in any civil action because he is a party to or against executors, administrators, or guardians in which judgment may be rendered for or against them,...all other respects, the laws of the State in which the court is held shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courts of...

...in the issue tried: Provided, That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them,...party, or required to testify thereto by the court." In Potter v. Third Nat. Bank, 102 US 163, 26 L. ed. Ill, it was held that, in actions in which judgment...

...against the heirs or legal representatives of a decedent, neither party may testify against the others as to any transaction with or statement by the testator,...unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, has no application to a suit to recover real property, the naked legal title to which was placed in...

...tried, and that in actions by or against personal representatives or guardians, neither party should be allowed to testify against the other as to any transaction with or statement by the decedent or ward unless called thereto by the opposite party or so required .by the court. By an Act...

...actions or proceedings by or against, esecntors, administrators or guardians In which judgment or decree may be rendered for or against them, neither party...any transaction with or statement by the testator," etc. It appears to me that this refers to any transaction between either party and the intestate or...