Estate of Goff
5 Coffey 432
Superior Court of California, County of San FranciscoApril 12, 1897No. 20,255California69 words
Opinion
Witnesses—Competency of Husband and Wife.—Subdivision 1 of section 1881 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in disqualifying husband and wife to testify for or against each other, is a declaration of the common law.
Witnesses—Competency of Husband and Wife.—In furtherance of justice and for the purpose of exposing fraud, courts are inclined to relax the rule that husband and wife are disqualified to testify for or against each other.