CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Decl. Against Interest
.........Requirements & Limitations: In General
............Against Interest at Time Stmt Made
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Statement by deceased that he received money from company for privilege of polluting stream admissible as declaration against pecuniary interest.

Statement by deceased that he wished to change beneficiary of retirement pension to his wife not statement against his interest.

Deceased's account book entries, in own handwriting, are admissible as declarations against his interest, even if not made at or near time of transactions.

Declarations against interest must be against declarant's interest at time made.