Edmonstone v. . Hartshorn

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The first question which this case presents arises upon the decision that the plaintiff was not bound, at the call of the defendants, to produce certain letters which had been proved by a witness on the part of the plaintiff, on an examination de beneesse. The letters were marked with the word "Exhibit," and with some other distinctive sign, and are thus referred to in the testimony of the witness. By statute (2 R.S., 393, § 9), such a deposition is to have the…