Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc.

Summary

The court held that testimony describing a supplier’s name and distinctive logo on delivery invoices was not hearsay because it was offered as circumstantial evidence identifying the source of the asbestos-cement pipes, not to prove the truth of statements in the invoices. It also held that the invoices’ contents could be proved through secondary oral testimony and that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to authenticate the invoices. The court reversed the Court of Appeal’s judgment and remanded for consideration of unresolved contentions.