Texas Commission of Appeals July 1, 1879, No. 2763 (John Toohig & Co. v. Elliott)

Opihioh.— As to the first assignment, the judge, in the bill of exceptions, certifies that what he ruled was, that if the witness could and would swear that the facts, as stated in the memorandum from which he was reading, were true independent of the memorandum, he could read from the same. ‘ What the particular facts were concerning which the witness was testifying does not appear.