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237, who “strongly deprecated undertaking to bind a jury by precise mathematical rules in deciding a question involving so many contingencies incapable of exact estimate or proof.” It is held that it is sufficient if the age in the tables is approximate to the individual’s age; Pearl v. R. Co., 115 la. 539, 88 N. W. 1078. They are applicable to the life expectancy of a woman although the tables show no distinction of sex; Croft v. Ry. Co., 134 la. 411, 109 N. W. 723. On an issue as to the value of a life estate, they are admissible without showing that the person was in sound health; Cusick V. Boyne, 1 Cal. App. 643, 82 Pac. 985. They are admissible to show the expectaing an internal revenue inheritance tax the life tenant had died, it was held error to use the tables; Kahn v. Herold, 147 Fed. 676. Life tables printed in a law book are not authority unless their authenticity is established; Notto V. R. Co., 75 N. J. L. 826, 69 Atl. 968, 17 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1138, 127 Am. St. Rep. 835. Tables made for the use of a single company, but in general use among Insurance companies, are admissible; San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. Morgan (Tex.) 46 S. W. 672. See an interesting opinion by Sulzberger, J., in Wolf v. Brewing Co., 21 Pa. Dist. Rep. 164. The American Table of Mortality cannot be taken as a basis from which to determine the length of a sentence to be imposed in a criminal case; People v. Burns, 138 Cal. 159, 69 Pac. 16, 70 Pac. 1087, 60 L. R. A. 270.