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State ex Rel. Myers v. McKay

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 11, 1984
450 So. 2d 366 (La. 1984)

Summary

In McKay v. Myers, 168 Mass. 312, a press copy of a letter, which the plaintiff testified he wrote to the defendants, was admitted (the defendants having failed to produce the original upon notice) because the plaintiff testified to a general course of business which tended to show that he deposited the letters in the post office; although he could not say, as a matter of memory, that he deposited this particular letter.

Summary of this case from Prudential Trust Co. v. Hayes

Opinion

No. 84-KH-0640.

May 11, 1984.

In re Michael Myers, applying for writ of mandamus, from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, No. 255-666.


Denied. Moot.


Summaries of

State ex Rel. Myers v. McKay

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 11, 1984
450 So. 2d 366 (La. 1984)

In McKay v. Myers, 168 Mass. 312, a press copy of a letter, which the plaintiff testified he wrote to the defendants, was admitted (the defendants having failed to produce the original upon notice) because the plaintiff testified to a general course of business which tended to show that he deposited the letters in the post office; although he could not say, as a matter of memory, that he deposited this particular letter.

Summary of this case from Prudential Trust Co. v. Hayes
Case details for

State ex Rel. Myers v. McKay

Case Details

Full title:STATE EX REL. MICHAEL MYERS v. HON. JAMES McKAY III, JUDGE

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: May 11, 1984

Citations

450 So. 2d 366 (La. 1984)

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