Vance v. Fairis
Vance v. Fairis
2 U.S. 217
(United States Reports)
Vance v. Fairis
Opinion of the Court
βIt does not even appear, that the Clerk, who made the entries, was in the service, of the plaintiff at thtime the transactions took place; nor does any witness substantiate the transactions themselves upon oath. We are always inclined to be, liberal its the admission of evidence upon commercial controversies; but to establish a book, or the copies of entries in a book, kept under Rich circumstances, would be giving too great a latitude for deception, and, if drawn into precedent might prove a pernicious innovation upon the rules of law. The evidence cannot, therefore, be received.
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