16 Kan. 23 | Kan. | 1876
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The only question in this case is, whether the common-law rule in reference to the conditions upon which copies of instruments may be admitted in evidence, is changed by §27 of chapter 22 of Gen. Stat., and §§11 and 12 of chapter 87 of the Laws of 1870, so as to admit the record-copy of a deed when it appears simply that the original is not in the possession or under the control of the party desiring to use it. We think it is. The language of the statute is plain and unambiguous. It says that such record-copy “may be received in evidence in any court,” and
Thp judgment will be reversed, and the case remanded with instructions to grant a new trial.