# Palmer v. Duncanson

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · January 26, 1926 · 254 Mass. 494

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6437375

## Case

- **Full name:** Meredith W. Palmer v. David D. Duncanson David D. Duncanson v. Meredith W. Palmer
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** January 26, 1926
- **Citations:** 254 Mass. 494
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Couet
- **Judges:** Couet
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

By the Couet.
The question reported is whether a proper basis had been laid for the admission of secondary evidence as to the contents of books of account. The preliminary finding of the judge to the effect that there was such basis was amply justified by testimony which need not be narrated. Smith v. Brown, 151 Mass. 338 . Whitney v. Lynch, 222 Mass. 112, 116 . The case is distinguishable from Post v. Leland, 184 Mass. 601 .
Judgments to be entered on the verdicts.

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