Dix v. Harris Machinery Co.

I am of the opinion that the audits relating to plaintiff’s business operations for the years 1948,1949, and 1950 were inadmissible. They were received over defendants’ objection that there was no foundation therefor and that they were not the best evidence. They indicated that plaintiff’s business operations and his profits had been substantially curtailed following the accident. The court overruled the objections, taking the position that since the 1947 audit had been received without pbjection it would be unfair to reject the subsequent ones.

On cross-examination preliminary to defendants’…