New York & Colorado Mining Syndicate & Co. v. Fraser
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This writ of error -was brought to review a judgment entered upon a verdict for $10,500 in favor of the defendants in error.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This writ of error -was brought to review a judgment entered upon a verdict for $10,500 in favor of the defendants in error. The case' originated in five different suits, brought by them against the plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court -of the United States for. the District of Colorado, the first on a promissory note made by it for $1000, and also for $2531.78 for the price of goods, wares and merchandise .sold and delivered by them to it.- The other four were suits on promissory notes given by the defendant to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Lámar
delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The first and second assignments of error rest upon the same ground, and may be considered together. They are, first, that it was error for the court, upon the examination of the witness Chalmers, (who -was also one of the plaintiffs,) to admit in evidence the paper handed him showing an itemized statement of account aggregating $2531.78. It is contended tha,t evidence of this character, “ an unproved copy of an unproved account,” was inadmissible to show the alleged sale and…
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