Beall v. Francis

On the hearing of the application for injunction, the plaintiff tendered in evidence a certified copy of a marriage settlement between O. H. P. Beall and Mary L. Inman. Counsel for the defendant objected to the introduction of said instrument, on the ground that the original contained the highest and best evidence of its contents. Counsel for the defendant then and there informed the court and counsel for the plaintiff of the existence of the original and its accessibility. The only evidence touching the destruction, loss, or inaccessibility of the original instrument was contained in an…