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p. 466SHAW & REED, Respondents, v. GEORGE H. DAVIS, Appellant.
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A broker, whose commissions or compensation depends on his principal’s recovery, is incompetent as a witness, on the ground that he is directly interested in the event of the suit.Appeal from the Superior Court of the City of San Francisco.
Pearkes & Wattson, for Appellant.
Robinson & Beatty, for Respondents.
Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.
On the trial of this cause in the Court below, the plaintiffs intro
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duced as a witness one Webb, who testified on his voir dire, that he had negotiated the contract between the parties, and that his brokerage or compensation depended on the plaintiff's recovery; as it was a custom among brokers not to charge commissions in case a sale miscarried.
The witness was incompetent, and should have been excluded; inasmuch as he was directly interested in the event of the suit.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered.