Wells v. . Hill

The plaintiff introduced B. F. Hill, who, together with his brother, W. A. Hill, had administered on the estate of their father (the intestate of plaintiff) in South Carolina, to prove an acknowledgment and new promise by the defendant, as contained in four letters which he and his brother received from the defendant while they, as administrators, were in possession of the note. One of the (901) letters is referred to in the opinion of the Court and copied in full in the dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Furches. The others were dated, respectively, 16 April, 6 May and 27 July, 1891,…