Photographic Business & Product News v. Commercial Color Corp.

Bell, Chief Judge.

1. A "Xeroxed” copy of a letter addressed to the plaintiff and signed by a former official of defendant corporation, was not admitted in evidence on grounds that plaintiff had failed to account for the original writing. This ruling was not erroneous for any reason urged. A photocopy is ordinarily secondary evidence, which may not be admitted over objection without accounting for the original. Cox v. State, 93 Ga. App. 533, 535 (92 SE2d 260). The only foundation laid for its admission was the testimony of plaintiff’s witness that the signature appearing on the reproduction…