Basil Keller v. Woodrow Hartman

1. "The exception in sec. 23 of ch. 130 of the Code [now Code, 57-3-1] excluding witnesses from the relief from disability on the ground of interest given by that section, under certain specified conditions and circumstances, is strictly construed, and does not preclude the testimony of any witness that does not clearly come within its terms." Syl. pt. 5, Sayre v. Whetherholt, 88 W.Va. 543, 107 S.E. 293 (1921).