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Evidence - The Use Of Corporate Minutes In Evidence, Francis T. Goheen
Evidence - The Use Of Corporate Minutes In Evidence, Francis T. Goheen
Michigan Law Review
In their treatment of the principles applicable to the use of corporate minutes in evidence, the courts and the text writers have, with little or no explanation, used the language of both the parol evidence rule and the best evidence rule. Most often the question is rather summarily dismissed, and the court's opinion generally discloses very little in the way of enlightening information regarding the reasons for the exclusion or the admission and effect of the offered minutes. If general propositions are to be formulated relative to the use of corporate minutes under given conditions, such propositions must be based …