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Porter v. Parks

5 Thomp. & Cook 683 Court SECOND DEPARTMENT. English

Delivered by Barnard, P. J.

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p. 683
SECOND DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL TERM, DECEMBER, 1874
Porter v. Parks.

Headnote

Evidence — letters from agent to principal— Objection — when general sufficient.
Letters from an agent to his principal cannot be given in evidence against a third person.
When evidence is necessarily and obviously improper a general objection is all that is required.
Motion by defendant for a new trial after a verdict for plaintiff directed by the court upon a case and exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at the general term.
p. 684
The action was brought by Mary 0. Porter against William M. Parks and another to recover the value of fifty shares of railroad stock alleged to have been converted by defendants.
Van Winkle, Candler & Jay, for plaintiff.
F. F. Marbury, Jr., and F. F. Marbury, for defendants.

The only points of any importance passed upon in the opinion - are fully given in the head-note.

Judgment reversed and new trial granted.