Widincamp v. McCall

1. The court did not err in admitting, over the objection that it was hearsay, the testimony of a witness as follows: “I went to the Bluff to carry one load of cotton and I found out that cotton was worth more in Eeidsville that same day, and I went back that evening and I told Mr. Bdd that night.” The real purport of the testimony of the witness was that he went to Eeidsville and, after an investigation, found out that the market price of cotton on that date, the date of the alleged sale from the plaintiff to the defendant, was higher than the defendant had represented to the plaintiff.…