Case Name: ELLICOTT et al. v. CHAPMAN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-07
Citations: 8 F. Cas. 532
Docket Number: Case No. 4,385
Parties: ELLICOTT et al. v. CHAPMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 8
Pages: 532–532

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,385.
ELLICOTT et al. v. CHAPMAN.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 419.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1807.
[Reported by Hon. William Craneh, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused to admit evidence that certain original entries in the books of the plaintiff, (a copy of which entries only in the handwriting of the witness was produced on the trial,) were in the handwriting of a deceased clerk, because the original entries were not produced. THE COURT refused to permit an account made out in the handwriting of a deceased clerk to be given in evidence, although it was said that the original entries were in the handwriting of the same deceased clerk. THE COURT said the original entries must be produced.