Fayetteville Aviation, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America

HEDRICK, Judge.

Plaintiff first assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to allow Ronald Lee Peters to testify that he knew that Martin E. Middleton had a Student Pilot’s Certificate when he enrolled at Fayetteville Aviation, Inc. Admission or exclusion of this testimony is governed by the best evidence rule. This rule is predicated upon the premise that “a writing itself is the best evidence of its contents, and ordinarily the original writing itself is the only evidence admissible to prove its contents.” 3 Strong, N. C. Index 2d, Evidence, Sec. 31, p. 646; Wendell Tractor & Implement…