¶1The statute law permits the parties to suits, to be sworn to their book accounts, if not of more than 18 months standing. The paper offered here is no book account; there is nothing, therefore, for the defendant to swear to; it would be insulting the court to argue that such a piece of paper is a book account. It cannot be admitted.
1 Tapp. Rep. 40
Kennedy v. Ankrim
Harrison County Court of Common Pleas
Decided May 15, 1816
Harrison County Court of Common Pleas · decided 1816-05-15
<p>DEBT, FOR THE PENALTY CONTAINED IN ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, FOR</p> <p>THE CONVEYANCE OF AN ESTATE.</p> <p>An account made out on a loose piece of paper, is not a hoolc account within the statute.</p>
Decided 1816-05-15