Ittleson v. Browning’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““The mere fact that proffered evidence is not full and complete within itself, but forms only one link in the chain, so that it would have to be supplemented by other evidence in order to avail the party offering it, may not render such evidence incompetent or inadmissible; but, for such evidence to be admissible, it should be made clearly to appear to the trial court that the evidence, so offered, does form a link in the chain. [Emphasis ours.] % Ofi }}t j{< % “Where the relevancy or the materiality of- papers offered in evidence did not appear at the time they were offered, and there was no offer or promise to connect them with other evidence, an assignment of error based on the ruling of the court in refusing to permit them to be read in evidence is not well taken.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. St. Joe Paper Co. v. United States