Peterson v. Lott

Candler, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiff introduced in evidence, without objection, numerous tax' receipts for State, county, and city taxes, canceled checks and drafts which he had issued for the payment of taxes, and notices of tax assessments sent to him; and he undertook to prove by parol evidence their relation to the property in controversy. Objection was made to such oral testimony on the ground that the original tax returns and assessments made would be higher and better evidence, which objection was sustained. Whatever probative value the documents may have…