Garrison v. Owens
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EBBOB to the District Court for Iowa County. After this case was before the court, ante, 471, a sufficient replication to the plea of the statute of limitations was put in, to the effect that the note upon which suit was brought was signed and witnessed by a subscribing witness, and issue was taken upon this replication. The facts which were brought forward on the trial of this issue and the rulings thereon are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtIrvin, J.
This is an action of assumpsit brought by Owens on an instrument in writing, of which the following is set out as a copy:
“For value received, I promise to pay Simeon Owens 5,375 lbs. of lead by the first day of August next, as witness my hand this 21st day of June, 1829.
(Signed) “ ¥M. GABBISON,
“GEOBGE BBOWN.”
The declaration contained the usual counts, and issues were joined on the plea of the general issue and the statute of limitations.
The plaintiff below, in support of his action, introduced a witness (James McKnight) who testified: “ That he was acquainted with the handwriting of George…
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