Boxley v. Gayle

The bill of exceptions shows that Boxley, who was the defendant below, relied upon a cross demand in the shape of an account, but the bill of exceptions is silent as to the nature of the account, the items and amount.

But on the trial he produced an account in his own handwriting containing divers charges against the plaintiff below, and proved by a witness that he, the witness, once, within three years before the commencement of this suit, saw the same account in the hand of the plaintiff below, who spoke of and denied several particular items, and also, in general terms, denied the whole…