Macy v. Goodwin

Citations

• 6 Cal. 579

Syllabus

<p>Section 21 of the Act of March, 1851, giving to copies of papers from the county recorder’s office the like effect as evidence as originals, does not dispense with the production of the originals if they can be obtained; it merely fixes the value of the copy as evidence, when it is necessary to be introduced, from the loss of the original.</p> <p>There is no attempt by this section to dispense with the rule, that the best evidence must be resorted to which the nature of the case will admit.</p>