Fargo Mercantile Co. v. Johnson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Action in District Court of Cass County, Englert, J., on a contract of guaranty. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the defendants have appealed. Plaintiff’s exhibit “A,” should not have been admitted over the objections of the defendants, for the following reasons: That they are not the plaintiff’s original entries of the first permanent records of the transaction. Jones, Ev. 1913 ed. § 569, p. 706; N. D. Comp.
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Action in District Court of Cass County, Englert, J., on a contract of guaranty. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the defendants have appealed. Plaintiff’s exhibit “A,” should not have been admitted over the objections of the defendants, for the following reasons: That they are not the plaintiff’s original entries of the first permanent records of the transaction. Jones, Ev. 1913 ed. § 569, p. 706; N. D. Comp. Laws 1913, §§ 7900, 7909. A person’s books of account cannot be used as evidence upon issues between third persons; that entries in such books as to such third persons are res…
1Opinion of the Court
Bronson, J:
Statement: — This is an action upon a contract of guaranty for goods sold and delivered. Upon a previous appeal (41 N. D. 534, 171 N. W. 609) this court held that the contract covered goods sold anterior to its date. The defendants have appealed from a judgment awarded for goods sold, both anterior and posterior to the date of the contract of guaranty. The essential facts necessary to bo stated are as follows:
Between October 17’ 1913, and September 14,. 1914, the plaintiff engaged in the wholesale business, sold -and delivered certain merchandise to the Everybody’s Store, a…
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