Case Name: Lombard v. Cornelius McLean
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1835-11
Citations: 4 Cranch 623
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lombard v. Cornelius McLean.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 623–623

Head Matter:
Lombard v. Cornelius McLean.
Copies of plaintiff’s account-books are not evidence.
Assumpsit for balance of account; the plaintiff’ having been the defendant’s factor for the sale of glass,
Mr. Marbary, for the plaintiff,
offered the deposition of a witness taken in Boston, under the Act of Congress, stating that an account, thereto annexed, was truly copied from the plaintiff’s books; the entries in which, with some exceptions, were in the handwriting of the witness, and were true.

Opinion:
,The Court
(nem. con.) rejected so much of the deposition as related to the books and accounts, the original entries not being produced.
Verdict for the plaintiff.