Goldstein v. Drexler

Townsend, Judge.

Code § 14-301 provides: “Every ne gotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to- have been issued for a valuable consideration, and every person whose signature appears thereon to have become a party thereto for value.” The first special ground of the motion for a new trial raises the question of whether the presumption of consideration continues in the presence of adverse testimony so that, even without additional testimony for the plaintiff, a jury question remains in the case. Code § 38-113 states: “Presumptions are either of law or of fact. The former are conclusions and…