Stouffer v. Erwin
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Abbeville, October term, 1907. Action, by J. C. Stouffer against A. M. Erwin. Erom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals on the following exceptions: I. “Because his Honor erred in allowing the defendant to offer in evidence a letter purporting to have been written by R. P. Howell, dated at Iowa City, Iowa, January 26, 1906, addressed to A. M. Erwin, for the purpose of showing that at the date of that letter the United Jewelers Manufacturing Company was…
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Before Gary, J., Abbeville, October term, 1907. Action, by J. C. Stouffer against A. M. Erwin. Erom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals on the following exceptions: I. “Because his Honor erred in allowing the defendant to offer in evidence a letter purporting to have been written by R. P. Howell, dated at Iowa City, Iowa, January 26, 1906, addressed to A. M. Erwin, for the purpose of showing that at the date of that letter the United Jewelers Manufacturing Company was the owner of the drafts here sued on and not the plaintiff, when it is submitted that such testimony was purely hearsay,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
The above stated case came on for trial at the October term, 1907, of the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville county, before his Honor, Ernest Gary, and a jury. The following is the complaint:
“The complaint of the plaintiff above named respectfully shows:
I. “That on the 5th day of September, 1905, United Jewelers Manufacturing Company made their bill of exchange, ini writing, dated on that day, directed to the defendant, A. M. Erwin, and thereby required the said defendant to pay to the order of the said United Jewelers…
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