Patton v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. From the record it appeared, that Mary Ann Ryan, the plaintiff below, instituted this suit against William Patton, the defendant below, to recover the sum of fifty-four dollars, for goods sold and delivered. The cause was tried in the Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, on the twenty-fifth of September, 1833, and a verdict rendered in favour of the plaintiff.
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This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. From the record it appeared, that Mary Ann Ryan, the plaintiff below, instituted this suit against William Patton, the defendant below, to recover the sum of fifty-four dollars, for goods sold and delivered. The cause was tried in the Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, on the twenty-fifth of September, 1833, and a verdict rendered in favour of the plaintiff. On the trial the plaintiff produced a book in her hand-writing, purporting to be a book of original entries, and upon being sworn to make true answers,…
1Per curiam
The principle of Ingraham v. Bockius is, that a minute intended, not to be itself the evidence of the sale, but to be used in the preparation of such evidence, is not an original entry within the meaning of the term as it is used in the books. If such be its effect, the material on which it is written, or the size and shape of it, must be indifferent. Here it was made on a card which was superseded by a hook into which it was transcribed, and which was destined to be the final means of perpetuating it; for the destruction of the card when the transcript was made, shows that its office was but…
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