Proctor v. DeCamp

On the trial of this cause the appellee put in *560■evidence a letter written him by the appellant, in which reference is made to one written by the former to the latter. The .appellant was afterwards called by the appellee as a witness .and was asked for the letter referred to in the one written to him. He refused to produce the letter called for, or to state its contents. In the closing argument to the jury, the appellee’s counsel “said” (we copy from the bill of exceptions), '“in reference to the letter, that they did not know its contents, but as the defendant had refused to produce it they…