American Agricultural Chemical Co. v. Griffin

Notice of appeal was given by the plaintiff from the ruling of the trial judge that the testimony of C. Eoy Griffin was competent. The appeal, however, on this phase of the case was not perfected, and no point is made in the brief with respect thereto. Hence this aspect is eliminated. Consequently the sole question relates to the competency of the conversation between C. Griffin and the plaintiff’s agent, Eeason, by virtue of the application of C. S., 1795. Many years ago the stream of interpretation of C. S., 1795 forked. One branch was made up of cases coming within the letter of C. S.,…