Seibert's Assignee v. Ragsdale
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 27 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Letter press copies are not secondary evidence; they show for themselves that they are copies, that they are taken from thet books, and while they may be.imperfect it is impossible for them to ’be incorrect, or to contain any word or syllable not in the originals; in this case those offered in evidence show thai they are not imperfect, and not blurred or defaced, and the court erred in refusing to permit…
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Case 27 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Letter press copies are not secondary evidence; they show for themselves that they are copies, that they are taken from thet books, and while they may be.imperfect it is impossible for them to ’be incorrect, or to contain any word or syllable not in the originals; in this case those offered in evidence show thai they are not imperfect, and not blurred or defaced, and the court erred in refusing to permit them to be read. Goodrich v. Weston, 102 Mass., 362; Greenleaf on Evidence, vol. 1, sec. 558 and notes. 2. A partner who…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BURNAM
delivered the, opinion oe the court.
This action was instituted at law by appellant as assignee of Henry Seibert for the recovery of a large balance alleged to be due by appellee to his assignor, growing out of. the settlement of a partnership which had run through a course of years. Appellee lived in Hopkinsville, and, according to the allegations of the petition, was to purchase tobacco in that neighborhood and ship it to Peibert, and the latter was to obtain the money to pay for the purchases on bills drawn against the invoices and to attend to the selling. Neither party wras to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Foot v. . BentleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
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- Doan v. DyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
- Sharp v. CultonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
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