Brett v. Dean

BOULDIN, Justice.-

Appellant sued appellee on a note and an account. Defendant .pleaded the general issue and payment. In support of the claim on account plaintiff offered a pencil memorandum on a piece of paper in the handwriting of her intestate found among his papers after his death. This document appears in full in the report of the case. This memorandum, offered as a whole, was objected to as- hearsay, and not admissible as a shop book account, kept in regular course of business. Pending this objection it was disclosed that decedent was engaged in a Naval Stores business, kept a regular…