Abstract Of Evidence Taken In The Suit Of American Bell Telephone Company Et Al Vs The Peoples Telephone Company Et Als

Author : American Bell Telephone Company
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ISBN 13 : 9781235655869
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New York; American Bell Telephone Company Et Al. V. the People's Telephone Company Et Al Abstract of Testimony written by American Bell Telephone Company and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. Excerpt: ... to rectify the error in their testimony for defendants. Their depositions for complainants will be found as follows: --Christian I. Heisley (p. 1791), Peter J. Heisley (p. 1801), Joseph F. Heisley (p. 1832), Philip H. Heisley (p. 1863), rejoinder. These gentlemen nll testify that their former statements in defendants' surrcbuttal that the second use of the Kellar auger at their farm was in the spring of 1875 was an error into which they fell for the want of data to guide their recollections, and that the true date of that second use was the spring of 1876. In addition to these members of the family who had testified for defendants, others who had not so testified, to wit, Mrs. Margaret Heisley, p. 1806; Charles Heisley, p. 1809; William Heisley, p. 1810, complainants' rejoinder, likewise testify to the spring of 1876. In addition to this, Calvin J. Dick (p. 2309, complainants' rejoinder) testifies to personal knowledge of the fact that the Heisleys were boring wooden pipe on their farm in the spring of 1876, and gives perfectly satisfactory reasons for his statement as to the time. See also, George R. Myers, p. 1866, complainant's rejoinder. This very completely destroys the first link in defendants' chain of proof, or seeming proof, and necessarily takes with it also the second link. This second link consisted of the testimony of Leonard Schwartz, p. 682, and David Cowens, p. 695, surrbtl. These gentlemen were neighbors of Mr. Kissinger while he lived on the Draper farm, and the substance of their testimony for defendants is that in the spring of 1875 Mr. Cowens had occasion to lay pipe from his spring to his spring house, and, in considering the question as to what sort of pipe he should use, went to Mr. Kissinger's to see him boring his wooden pipe, and...