Case Name: JOSEPH PRATT, Respondent, v. LUTHER T. NORTON, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 9 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 517
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOSEPH PRATT, Respondent, v. LUTHER T. NORTON, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 9
Pages: 517–517

Head Matter:
JOSEPH PRATT, Respondent, v. LUTHER T. NORTON, Appellant.
Witness — impeachment of— statement signed by him—original must be produced.
To impeach a witness, by showing that he has made some statement inconsistent with the contents of a document signed by him, the original document must be produced.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the verdict of a jury.
Rowley & Johnston, for the appellant.
Holmes, Thompson & Spencer, for the respondent.
Newcomb v. Griswold, 24 N. Y., 298; Gaffney v. The People, 50 id., 416, 425.

Opinion:
Opinion by Mullin, P. J.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, costs to abide event.