Case Name: AMERICAN SHIP BLDG CO v. HUDZIECZKO
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1929-10-04
Citations: 7 Ohio Law Abs. 627
Docket Number: No. 499
Parties: AMERICAN SHIP BLDG CO v HUDZIECZKO
Judges: Funk, PJ, and Pardee, J, concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 7
Pages: 627–627

Head Matter:
AMERICAN SHIP BLDG CO v HUDZIECZKO
Ohio Appeals, 9th Dist, Lorain Co
No. 499.
Decided October 4, 1929
F. M. Secrest, Cleveland, for Ship Bldg Co.
Cerrezin & Wilson, Cleveland, for Hudzieczko.

Opinion:
WASHBURN, J.
There was no evidence that said records were kept in the usual course of business or as to how said records were kept, or that the witness kept the same and refreshed his recollection therefrom, or that he had any personal knowledge in reference to the matter; and in the absence of some such evidence, said records were clearly mere hearsay and incompetent, regardless of whether or not the "best evidence" rule applied.
We hold that the record does not disclose any error in said ruling of the trial court. If there was error, it clearly appears that it was not prejudicial, because the company, without objection, had the full benefit of the witness's testimony as to what the records which he had looked up, showed.
Under the rules governing reviewing courts, we find that the verdict is not manifestly against the weight of the evidence and is sustained by sufficient evidence.
Funk, PJ, and Pardee, J, concur.