Case Name: Allen Harris and others against Hervey Ely, Executor, &c.
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1852-12-30
Citations: 1 Seld. Notes 37
Docket Number: 
Parties: Allen Harris and others against Hervey Ely, Executor, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: Selden's Notes of Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 37–37

Head Matter:
Allen Harris and others against Hervey Ely, Executor, &c.
Parties as witnesses ; account of sales.

Opinion:
A pabty is competent to prove the absence from the state of a witness whose testimony has been taken conditionally.
An account of sales transmitted by a factor or commission merchant to his principal, if not returned or objected to within a reasonable time, is competent evidence against the party receiving it, in an action by the factor to recover a balance of advances and commissions beyond the proceeds of the sales. What is a reasonable time for the examination of such account depends upon the usual course of business, and the particular circumstances of each case.
The price of produce in a particular market cannot be proved by a witness residing at a distance from that market, and who derives his knowledge from an examination of the prices current published in the newspapers.