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Riche and Richards v. Broadfield

U.S.
Jan 1, 1768
1 U.S. 16 (1768)

Opinion

APRIL TERM, 1768.


AN Account of Sales of an Adventure shipt to New-York, said to be signed by the Factor, offered in evidence to prove a loss on the Goods. Objected, that the Factor himself ought to have been brought to give evidence, viva voce, or at least the account should have been proved by him, and certified under the City Seal of New-York, agreeably, to the directions of the act of parliament with regard to the proving Colony debts in England. — Answered, That this being a Mercantile Transaction, such Evidence as Merchants usually admit as proofs of a foreign Transaction, should be received here.

BY THE COURT. — The strict Rules of Law with regard to Evidence ought not to be extended to Mercantile Transactions. In this Case, on proving the hand Writing of the Factor, let the Account of Sales be given in Evidence; which was accordingly done.


Summaries of

Riche and Richards v. Broadfield

U.S.
Jan 1, 1768
1 U.S. 16 (1768)
Case details for

Riche and Richards v. Broadfield

Case Details

Full title:RICHE and RICHARDS versus BROADFIELD

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jan 1, 1768

Citations

1 U.S. 16 (1768)

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