Raymond v. Sellick
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on a promissory note of the following’ tenor: “ New Canaan, November 8th, 1833. For value received, I promise to pay unto Esther Raymond the sum of four hundred dollars, with interest till paid; as witness my hand, [signed] Jacob Sellick.”
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This was an action on a promissory note of the following’ tenor: “ New Canaan, November 8th, 1833. For value received, I promise to pay unto Esther Raymond the sum of four hundred dollars, with interest till paid; as witness my hand, [signed] Jacob Sellick.” The cause was tried at Fairfield, April term, 1835, bafore Waite, J. ^ To prove the exhibition of the note to the defendants, the plaintiff introduced a witness, who testified, that he delivered to the defendants a copy of the note, and at the same time, a copy of the plaintiff’s book account against the estate of Jacob Sellick for her…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
1. In this case, the defendants offered a witness to testify, that after a suit had been commenced, by the plaintiff, upon the book account for services rendered the deceased, the defendants had settled the same, and paid her the sum of one hundred and fifty-eight dollars, for the debt and costs. To the admission of this evidence the plaintiff objected, on the ground that she had previously given the defendants a copy of her account, which ought to have been shown as the better evidence of the demand. The court overruled the objection, and admitted the evidence. Was it necessary to produce…
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