Finch v. Hayes

The action was in ejectment, on the séveral demises of Tobitha Beese and Elizabeth Hayes, against Martha Finch, to recover the south half of land lot 170 in the 26th district of Early county. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, which the .court refused to set aside on motion for a new trial.

1. A'witness for the defendant, on cross-examination, was asked to identify certain letters and a receipt as having been signed "by the defendant. The witness was a half-brother of the defendant, and testified that he was familiar with her handwriting, had seen her write, and knew her handwriting;…