Court Opinion

ID: 9750963
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 15:52:18.411928+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:08.003190
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen:
In Engemann v. Colonial Trust Company, 378 Pa. 92, 99, 105 A. 2d 347 (1954), Justice Bell aptly said “[t]he general rule is that verbal or written statements or declarations which are self-serving and are made in the absence of the other party to the transaction are inadmissible under the Hearsay Evidence Rule: . . This was repeated in Commonwealth v. Coopersmith Bros., 423 Pa. 608, 225 A. 2d 246 (1967).
There is no reason or authority for the admission of such patent hearsay testimony.
I dissent.