Court Opinion

ID: 6416900
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-06-25 11:56:50.175049+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:51:35.914092
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Mobtoh, J.
The declaration having been lost, the defendant produced at the trial a copy thereof. If we assume that this copy was proved to the satisfaction of the court, and filed as a part of the record, yet it could not be used or commented on as evidence in the cause. The statute provides that “ neither the declaration, answer, nor any subsequent allegation, shall be deemed evidence on the trial, but allegations only whereby the party making them is bound.” Gen. Sts. c. 129, § 72. This case is governed by Walcott v. Kimball, 13 Allen, 460. Exceptions sustained,.