Practice question
A genuinely signed business letter recounts an event the author did not witness. The proponent proves the signature and asks the court to treat the recounted event as conclusively established, without addressing a timely hearsay objection. Which is best?
- Genuine signatures eliminate the hearsay rule
- Proof of the signature does not itself resolve the separate admissibility issue about the assertion
- Every signed letter is a judicial admission by the opponent
- The author’s signature proves personal observation
- No signed letter can ever qualify under any exception
Legal references
- 2019 Rules on Evidence, Rule 130 Section 37; Rule 132 Section 20: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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