Case ID: colo-l-rep_2/html/0095-03.html
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Author: {"author": "Horton, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Barons v. Brown.
    
      Ibid.
    
    July Term, 1881.
    (25 Kan.)
    
      Evidence—‘Telegraphic Message—Secondary Evidence.
    
   Op. by

Horton, C. J.

Where the controversy is not between the sender and the person to whom a telegram is addressed, and the contents of such message are material, the original message, if not lost or destroyed, must be produced, it being the best evidence ; and, in case of its loss, or inability to produce it from other cause, the next best evidence the nature of the case will admit of must be furnished. If there is a copy of the message existing, it should be produced; if not, then the contents of the message should be shown by parol testimony.