Theisen v. Detroit Taxicab & Transfer Co.

(after stating' the facts). The important questions presented on this record are the admissibility of the telephone conversation and its effect. Upon these questions the authorities are not in harmony. This court has already held that a telephone *139conversation is admissible where the identity of the persons communicated with by telephone is established. Harrison Granite Co. v. Railroad Co., 145 Mich. 712. The contention here goes further, and we are now called upon to determine the admissibility and effect of a telephone conversation conducted in the usual manner in the business world, by…