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Witnesses interested solely on account of the Verdict to be admissible.
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XXVI. And in order to render the Rejection of Witnesses on the Ground of Interest less frequent, be it further enacted, That if any Witness shall be objected to as incompetent on the Ground that the Verdict or Judgment in the Action on which it shall be proposed to examine him would be admissible in Evidence for or against him, such Witness shall nevertheless be examined, but in that Case a Verdict or Judgment in that Action in favour of the Party on whose Behalf he shall have been examined shall not be admissible in Evidence for him or any one claiming under him, nor shall a Verdict or Judgment against the Party on whose Behalf he shall have been examined be admissible in Evidence against him or any one claiming under him.
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