MATTER OF HELMS

No. 8120SC363.

284 S.E.2d 553 (1981)

In the Matter of Foreclosure of a Deed of Trust executed by Warren HELMS and wife, Jonnie T. Helms, to W. O. McGibony, Trustee and the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, dated June 24, 1969, and Recorded in Book A-182 Page 196, Union County Registry, by C. Frank Griffin, Substitute Trustee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry & Bundy by Donald C. Perry and H. Ligon Bundy, Monroe, for petitioner-appellee.

Harry B. Crow, Jr., Monroe, for respondents-appellants.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Respondent-mortgagors make several assignments of error. They first contend the trial court erred in admitting into evidence photocopies of the promissory note and deed of trust. They argue that under the "best evidence" rule, the originals should have been required. We disagree.

The rationale behind the "best evidence" rule is that the original instrument best identifies its own contents. 2 Stansbury, N.C. Evidence § 190 (Brandis rev....

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