Clear error standand?
Our Rule on authentication states that "HN7 the requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims." Rule 901(a), M.R.Evid. The letter here in question, which was printed on attorney Massman's letterhead paper, was attached to Massman's deposition as part of his file on Fedder and Foss's dissolution of marriage, which he produced for his deposition. We hold that the exhibit was properly authenticated and supported the District Court's finding number 21, which was not otherwise clearly erroneous.
Farmers Plant Aid, Inc. v. Fedder, 2000 MT 87, P32, 299 Mont. 206, 999 P.2d 315, 2000 Mont. LEXIS 93, 57 Mont. St. Rep. 375 (Mont. 2000); See also McCormick v. Brevig, 2004 MT 179, P31, 322 Mont. 112, 96 P.3d 697, 2004 Mont. LEXIS 361 (Mont. 2004)