In Evidence. A statement made by a party to a transaction, or by one having an interest in the existence of some fact in rela tion to the same.
6. Such declarations are regarded as ori ginal evidence and admissible as such--first, when the fact that the declaration was made is the point in question, 4 Muss. 702 • 5 id. 444; 9 Johns. N. Y. 45; 11 Wend. N. Y. 110 ; ,1 Conn. 387 ; 2 Campb. 511; 2 Barnew. & Ad. 845 1 Mood. & R. 2, 8; 9 Bingb. 359 ; see 1 Phillipps, Ev. 188; 4 Bingh. N. c. 489; 1 Brod. & B. 269 ; second, including expressions of bodily feeling, where the existence or na ture of such feelings is the object of inquiry, as expressions of affection inactions for trim, con., 2 Stark. 191 ; 1 Barnew. & Ald. 90; Watts, Penn. 355 ; see 4 Esp. 39; 2 Carr. & P. 22; 7 id. 198, representations by a sick person of the nature, symptoms, and effects of the malady under which he is laboring, 6 East, 188; 4 M'Cord, So. C. 38; 8 Watts, Penn. 355 ; see 9 Carr. & P. 275 ; 7 Cush. Mass. 581 ; 30 Ala. N. s. 562 ; 23 Ga. 17 ; 27 Mo. 279; 30 377, in prosecutions for rape, the declarations of the woman forced, 1 Rus sell, Crimes, 565 ; 2 Stark. 241; 18 Ohio, 99 ; third, in cases of pedigree, including the de clarations of deceased persons nearly related to the parties in question, Cowp. 591 ; 13 Ves. Ch, 140, 514; 2 Bingh. 86; 3 Russ. & M. 147.; 2 Carr. & K. 701; 1 Crompt. M. & R. Exch. 919 ; 1 De Gex & S. 40 ; 1 How. 231; 4 Rand. Va. 607; 3 Dev. & B. No. C. 91 ; 18 Johns. N. Y. 37. 2 Conn. 347; 4 N. H. 371, family records, 4 Campb. 401 ; 8 Barnew. & C. 813i; 5 Clark & F. Hou. L. 24 ; 11 id. 85; 7 Scott, N.E. 141 ; 2 Dall. Penn. 116;. 1 Penn St. 381; 8 Johns. N. Y. 128 ; and see 11 East, 503 ; 13 Ves. Ch. 514; 1 Pet. 328 ; 5 Serg. & R. Penn. 251; 4 Mae. C. C. 268; fourth, cases where the declaration may he considered as a part of the res gestce, 36 N. H. 167, 353 ; 16 Tex. 74 ; 6 Fla. 13; 41 Me. 149, 432 ; 20 Ga. 452, including those made by persons in the possession of land, 4 Taunt. 6, 7 ; 5 Barnew. & Ad. 223; 9 Bingh. 41 • 1 Campb. 361; 1 Bingh. N. C. 430; 8 Q. E. 243; 16 Mees. & W. Exch. 497 ; 2 Pick. Mass. 536; 5 Mete. Mass. 223; 7 Conn. 319 ; 17 id. 539; 1 Watts, Penn. 152 ; 4 Serg. & R. Penn. 174; 2 M'Cord, So. C. 241; 2 Me. 242; 16 id. 27;
2 .N. H. 287 ; 14 id. 19; 15 id. 546; 1 Ired. No. C. 482 ; 10 Ala. N. s. 355 ; 6 Hill, N. Y. 405 ; 30 Vt. 29 ; 19 Ill. 31 ; 30 Miss. 589; see 33 Penn. St. 411; 27 Mo. 220; 28 Ala. N. s. 236 ; 4 Iowa, 524; 9 Ind. 323, and entries made by those whore duty it was to make such entries. See 1 Greenleaf. Ev. 115— 123 ; 1 Smith, Lead. Cns. Hare & W. ed. 142.
I. Declarations regarded as secondary evi dence or hearsay are yet admitted in some cases: first, in matters of general and public interest, common reputation being admissible as to matters of public interest, 14 East, 329, n.; 1 Maule & S. 686 ; 4 Campb. 416; 6 Mees. & W. Exch. 234 ; 19 Conn. 250, but reputation amongst those only connected with the place or business in question, in regard to matters of general interest merely, 1 Cronipt. M. & R. Exch. 929 ; 2 Barnew. & Ad. 245 ; and the matter must be of a quasi public nature, 1 East, 357 ; 14 id. 329, n.; 5 Term, 121 : 10 Barnew. & C. 657 ; 3 Campb. 288 ; 1 Maule & S. 77 ; 2 id, 494 ; 1 Taunt. 261 ; 1 Mood. & M. 416; 10 Pet. 412; 16 La. 296; see REPUTATION; second, in cases of ancient possession where ancient documents are ad mitted, if found in a place in which and under the care of persons with whom such. papers might reasonably be expected to be found, 2 Bingh. N. c. 183 ; 4 Dow, Parl. Cas. 297 ; 12 Mees. & W. Exch. 205 ; 8 Q. B. 158 ; 11 id. 884 ; 1 Price; Exch. 225 ; 2 id. 303 ; 5 id. 312 ; 4 Wheat. 213 ; 5 Pet. 319 ; 9 id. 663 ; 5 Cow. N. Y. 221; 7 Wend. N. Y. 371; 2 Nott. & M'C. So. C. 55, 400; 4 Pick. Mass. 160, if they purport to be a part of the transaction to which they relate, 1 Greenleaf, Ev. 144; third, in case of declarations and entries made against the interest of the party making them, whether made concurrently with the act or subsequently, 1 Taunt. 141 ; 3 id. 303 ; 4 id. 10 • 1 Campb. 367 ; 3 id. 457 ; 2 Term, 534; 3 Brod. & B. 132 ; 3 Bar new. & Ad. 893 ; and see 1 Phillipps, Ev. 293 ; Gresley, Eq. Ev. 221; but such decla rations and entries, to be so admitted, must appear or be Blown to be against the pecu niary interest of the party making them, 1 Carr. & P. 276 ; 11 Clark & F. Hon. L. 85 ; 10 East, 109 ; 2 Jac. & W. Ch. 789 ; 3 Bingh. N. c. 308, 320 ; fourth, dying declarations.