Milner Hotels, Inc. v. Mecklenburg Hotel, Inc.

MITCHELL, Judge.

The defendant first assigns as error the admission into evidence of a Western Union Mailgram.' The mailgram was a material part of the plaintiff’s case since the terms of the lease required that notice of the termination of the lease be in writing. The mailgram was the only written notice of termination that the plaintiff offered evidence of having received. In support of this assignment of error, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in admitting the mailgram because it was not properly authenticated. We do not agree.

Generally, a writing must be authenticated…