Secondary Evidence

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1. What foundation does Rule 130 section 5 require before proving a lost original’s contents by secondary evidence?
2. In what order does section 5 list methods of proving the unavailable original’s contents?
3. If the original is controlled by the adverse party, what does section 6 require before invoking that secondary-evidence…
4. A contract original was destroyed by an accidental fire. Its execution and destruction without bad faith are establishe…
5. A public record’s original is kept by its lawful public custodian. How may its contents be proved under section 8?
6. A counterpart accurately reproduces the original by a method qualifying as a duplicate. No genuine authenticity questio…
7. A claim depends only on the general result of thousands of transactions that cannot be examined in court without great …
8. State the foundation and order of secondary proof when an original is unavailable under Rule 130 section 5.
9. Distinguish the adverse-custody, public-record and voluminous-record routes under the current Rule.
10. Why should a court distinguish a qualifying duplicate from secondary proof offered because the original was lost?
11. Under Rule130 Section9, does inspecting a document requested for production oblige the requesting party to offer it?
12. Does Section3(e) recognize an exception when the original is not closely related to a controlling issue?