Travis v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. This was a feigned issue directed by the court below to try the validity of a judgment entered on the records of the court against A. N Lancaster and Oramal Brown, in which William Travis was plaintiff. William Travis, the plaintiff, resided in Luzerne county. A. N. Lancaster and Oramal Brown, the defendants, resided in Susquehanna county. Brown was a stranger to Travis.
Read the full summary
Error to the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. This was a feigned issue directed by the court below to try the validity of a judgment entered on the records of the court against A. N Lancaster and Oramal Brown, in which William Travis was plaintiff. William Travis, the plaintiff, resided in Luzerne county. A. N. Lancaster and Oramal Brown, the defendants, resided in Susquehanna county. Brown was a stranger to Travis. Lancaster wished to borrow money of Travis, who required security. Lancaster thereupon produced a note to which his name and that of Oramal Brown was written; and on it the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, J.
All evidence of handwriting, except in the single instance where the witness saw the document written, is in its nature comparison of hands. It is the belief which the witness entertains, upon comparing the writing in question with the exemplar in his mind derived from some previous knowledge. Any witness, otherwise disinterested, who has had the opportunity of acquiring such an exemplar, is competent to speak of his belief. It is one of the few instances in which the law accepts from witnesses belief in facts, instead of facts themselves.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- M'Corkle v. BinnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1812
3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FugmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Shannon v. CastnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Archer v. United StatesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
- Brueckner v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Groff v. GroffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.