Supreme Court of Iowa April 28, 1870 (Woods v. Gevecke)

Cole, Ch. J.

l. Evidence^: ments. The first point made by appellant’s counsel arises upon these facts: When the case was tried before the justice of the peace the defendant testified as a witness, in his own behalf; on the trial in the Circuit Court the plaintiff introduced the justice of the peace as a witness and asked him if he could state what the defendant testified to upon the trial before