Beeland v. Clark

On the trial of an issue made by a plea of non est factum, “other writings, proved or acknowledged to be genuine, may be admitted in evidence for the purpose of comparison by the jury. Such other new papers, when intended to be introduced, shall be submitted to the opposite party before he announces himself ready for trial.” Civil Code (1910), § 5836. Thus, on the trial of such an issue, under the mandate of the statute such papers, before they are admissible for comparison by the jury, must, even though they be “acknowledged to be genuine,” be submitted to the opposite party before he…