Rodman Ex. v. Hoops's Ex
Supreme Court of the United States
In this cause, tho defendants offered in evidence an entry made in the books of their testator, of money paid in discharge of a promissory note. This was acknowledged to be the original entry ; but there was no proof by whom it was made, nor whether the person who made it was dead or alive.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Let it be read to the jury ; not as evidence that the defendant has paid tho note, but merely that such an entry was made, nineteen years ago, of the payment of a note of twenty-three years’ standing; and to support the general presumption of payment, 'after such a length of time. Nor is this to bo drawn into precedent; for our allowance of the evidence is founded on the particular circumstances of this case.
To prove another point, in the same cause, a book was offered, in the i orm of a ledger, containing, in some instances, references to a waste-book. Notwithstanding this, it…
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