Bank of Kennedy v. Dorroh

The physical execution of the note by the defendant’s intestate was not seriously contested, and in fact the defendant proved by one of its witnesses thát J. W. Dorroh actually signed the same, and the trial court in the oral charge confined the issue to the mental capacity and responsibility of said Dorroh at the 'time of signing the said note. The evidence on this issue was in conflict, and the trial court therefore properly refused the defendant’s requested general charge. The appellant’s counsej insists, however, that it was entitled to the general charge because insanity should have been…