Cronkhite v. Nebeker

The appellant denied under oath the execution of the note upon which the appellees obtained judgment *320against him. There is no dispute in reference to the facts proved at the trial, and the question for decision is whether the finding of the court was right.

The appellant, who was at the time a man of intelligence and able to read both written and printed matter with ease, executed a promissory note of the tenor following, which he did then and there read, to wit:

“$75. September 6th, 1877. Twelve months after date, I promise to pay to the order of G. H. Fitzmaurice, at Covington, Indiana,…