First National Bank v. Robert

The bank sued the defendant as endorser of a note for $5,000. The defense was that the endorsement was not genuine, and the usual affidavit in denial *711of execution was filed. The evidence for the hank to prove that the endorsement was genuine was confined to the testimony of certain experts who were allowed to compare it before the jury with signatures of the defendant to papers in the cause and admitted to be his.

This was proper. Vinton v. Peck, 14 Mich., 295. The defend ant,,being sworn in his own behalf denied the endorsement.

He was then cross-examined and was questioned in regard to his…