Pierce v. Northey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EBROR to tbe Circuit Court for Walworth County. Pierce entered up judgment in vacation, against Northey, under a warrant of attorney, upon four notes. In tbe body of each note was a memorandum stating that tbe defendant bad deposited with tbe plaintiff a quantity of grain, as security for its payment, with power of sale, &c.; and the judgment was for $223, tbe balance claimed to be due after deducting tbe proceeds of tbe grain.
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EBROR to tbe Circuit Court for Walworth County. Pierce entered up judgment in vacation, against Northey, under a warrant of attorney, upon four notes. In tbe body of each note was a memorandum stating that tbe defendant bad deposited with tbe plaintiff a quantity of grain, as security for its payment, with power of sale, &c.; and the judgment was for $223, tbe balance claimed to be due after deducting tbe proceeds of tbe grain. Tbe memorandum as to tbe deposit- of tbe grain was omitted in tbe copy of eacli of tbe notes contained in tbe complaint. Upon the application of Northey tbe judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
DixoN, C. J.
Strictly speaking, the exceptions taken do not present tbe question, whether in case of a disputed signature tbe genuine signature of tbe same person to a paper not otherwise competent evidence in the case, is admissible to enable tbe court and jury, or tbe witnesses, by a comparison of bands, to determine or form an opinion upon the genuineness of the signature in dispute. They pre-*12more Pr°perly the question, whether the party denying the signature may, upon the cross-examination of witnesses who have testified that they know his handwriting and believe the signature…
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