Hinds v. Evans

Citations

• 29 S.C.L. 17

Syllabus

<p>1. Preliminary to the offer of an office copy of a deed in evidence, and to establish its loss, the plaintiffs called the Clerk of the Court, who said that it had been left with him to be recorded and afterwards safely kept; that it was recorded, and deposited somewhere amongst his papers ; that he had not been served with a subpoena duces tecum, but particularly requested to produce it; that on the day of trial and during the sitting of the Court he had hastily looked for the deed without finding it, but thought upon a more careful search it could be found. Proof of loss held insufficient.</p>