At trial, the primary question for the jury was whether the plaintiff's decedent gave the defendants certain sums of money by way of loan, as the plaintiff claimed, or by way of gift, as the defendants claimed. During his summation, the plaintiff's attorney stated that the deceased could, in effect, "speak to us" and, over the defendants' objection, read to the jury the contents of an affidavit...
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