Gelpecke v. Lovell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. Action upon a promissory note.
1Opinion of the Court
Wright, Ch. J.
1. Practice: objection to evidence. I. Where testimony relating to a writing, secondary in its nature, was objected to generally, but not upon the ground that the original should be produced or its absence accounted for: Held, that there was no such error in overruling the objection, as to justify our interference. This method of objecting to testimony is not sufficient. It would seem to go to the admissibility of the fact to be established, rather than the method of arriving at it. Thompson v. Blanchard, 2 Iowa, 44; State v. Wilson, 8 Id., 407; Stutzman v. School Dist., 1 Id.,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1855
3Cited by1 opinion
- Davidson v. MansonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898