Laird v. Ivens

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The appellant, who was the defendant in the District Court, made a motion in writing, which was overruled before the trial of the cause, to suppress the depositions of Edmond M. Ivens, taken by the plaintiff, “because there is no certificate on the package or envelope inclosing said depositions, by the postmaster at New Orleans, Louisiana, showing from whom the said depositions were received by him.”

It appears by the indorsement on the envelope that the depositions were taken by “Alfred Ingram, Commissioner for the State of Texas, at New Orleans, Louisiana.” The deputy…