Lessee of Scott and Others v. Ratliffe and Others

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• finding \the general rule excluding hearsay testimony\ is ```that hearsay evidence is incompetent to establish any specific fact, which fact is in its nature susceptible of being proved by witnesses who speak from their own knowledge'''
• Chief Justice Marshall delivering the opinion

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