Archer v. Norwood

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Respondents first assign error to the introduction into evidence of the contents of letters written by respondent Leroy Norwood. Respondents contend that the letters, which contained virulent attacks on petitioners Archer, were calculated to incite hostility on the part of the jury toward Leroy Norwood, and were thus prejudicial to respondents’ case.

This assignment of error must be overruled. The central issue before the jury was the authenticity of the instruments purporting to lease and grant purchase options covering portions of deceased’s land to Leroy Norwood. The…