Jerkins v. Jerkins

Bernes, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing the closing attorney in a real estate transaction to read to the jury a letter memorializing a conversation between the attorney and the appellant’s deceased father. The appellant contends that a proper foundation was not laid for introduction of the evidence as a past recollection recorded, and that the evidence was inadmissible because it was hearsay and a self-serving declaration. For the following reasons, we affirm.

The record shows that the decedent, Lee F. Jerkins, had three sons, Gregory, Keith, and…