Loving v. Warren County

Opinion by

Judge Pryor :

The real issue in this case is as to the signature of Thomas, the county judge, to the bonds in controversy; and while the testimony of Thomas had, no doubt, a controlling influence with the jury, and although he may have been mistaken as to his own handwriting, the mode proposed by counsel to invalidate his statement, or rather to destroy the effect of his testimony, was properly rejected by the court. While the witness answered that he knew his signatúre from that of Clark or anyone else, he did not pretend to be an expert, and was not willing to say that in all cases…