Drummond v. Hyams

Decided January 15, 1824

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1824-01-15

This was an action on an open account, by a shoemaker, for boots and shoes, said to be de ivered to the defendants, The plaintiff produced his books; and the clerk who made the entries, on being sworn, stated that the entries were copied from a slate kept in the store, on which the original entries were made.

Decided 1824-01-15

¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice' Huger.

¶2A shoe-maker’s books are not evidence at common law, nor' are they made so by statute, the practice however of receiving them as such has too long prevailed in this state to be now disturbed; but it must be confined to the limits hitherto assigned it. The original entries must be produced. It is not enough to produce the copy of an original entry, made by we know not whom, to entitle the plaintiff to recover.

¶3The motion is therefore refused.