hearsay exception
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 21 U.S. 326 - Nicholls v. Webb · 1823Most cited · 99 citing opinions
entries of deceased person in course of business
We think it a safe principle, that memorandums made by a person in the ordinary course of his business, of acts or matters which his duty in such business requires him to do for others, in case of his death, are admissible evidence of the acts and matters so done. It is of course liable to be impugned by other evidence; and to be encountered by any presumptions or facts which diminish its credibility or certainty.
How often courts cite the case defining “hearsay exception”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “hearsay exception” — 99 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.