When will the wife be allowed to testify in a civil case?

One point briefed by both parties was the question of whether or not since the 1927 amendment to Section 161a of the Civil Code, the wife would have the right at all to testify. The respondent cites Manford v. Coats, 6 Cal.App.2d 743, 45 P.2d 395, for the proposition that the wife, in view of her interest, would not be entitled to testify. However, the point was not decided in that case, as nothing is decided in a case except what is presented by the record and the issues. All the court did was intimate how it might hold if it were called upon to rule; and it seems from all the decisions cited by the appellant that the wife is not prohibited from testifying in a proper case. Subdivision 3 of Section 1880 does not purport to prohibit anybody having

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