Forsythe v. Norcross
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Fayette county. Norcross v. Forsythe, assumpsit, in book account, for blacksmith work done by the plaintiff for the defendant.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Fayette county. Norcross v. Forsythe, assumpsit, in book account, for blacksmith work done by the plaintiff for the defendant. The plaintiff being sworn, said, that the books exhibited were his books of original entry: that-he made the entries on a slate until it was full, and then after four, five, or six days, transcribed them into his book; and he and three other witnesses, blacksmiths> swore that this was a general custom, as far as they knew. The court received the evidence and the defendant excepted. cited 1 Dall. 239; 1 Binn. 234; 4 Serg. & Rawle 3; 5 Serg.…
1Per curiam
An entry on a card or a slate, is but a memorandum preparatory to permanent evidence of the transaction, which must be perfected at or near the time, and in the routine of the business. But the routine must be a reasonable one; for there is nothing in the condition of a craftsman to call for indulgence till his slate be full, or till it be convenient for him to dispose of the ■contents of it. In Ingraham v. Bockius, 9 Serg. & Rawle 285, and Patton v. Ryan, 4 Rawle 410, the entries were transferred the same evening or the next morning; and they ought in every instance to *433be so in the course of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Vicary v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
- Ingraham v. BockiusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1823
3Cited by5 opinions
- Cook v. Ashmead, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1838
- Gaines v. RelfSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Gaines v. RelfSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Silver v. WorcesterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1881
- Smith v. SanfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1832