Excerpt from Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Vol. 30: From January 31 to November 1, 1878 The language of the section of the statute relied on is as follows: And where one Of the original parties to the contract or other trans action, which is the subject oi investigation, is dead or insane, or incompetent to testify by reason of infamy or other legal cause, the other party shall not be permitted to testify in his own favor, or in favor of any other party having an interest adverse to that of the party so incapable of testifying, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.