Legal Opinion

Gelpecke v. Lovell

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 15, 1864PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Thompson v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1855

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Davidson v. MansonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898

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