Alston v. Dalton Finance Inc.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This was a suit to recover the unpaid balance for merchandise sold and delivered to appellant.

At trial appellant’s sole defense was that the signature on the contract was not his. He furnished the court, sitting without a jury, specimens of his handwriting, and these were received in evidence, together with other documents purportedly signed by him. At the conclusion of the evidence, the court gave judgment for appellee on the basis of the similarity between appellant’s handwriting and the signature on the contract. This appeal followed.

Appellant argues that it was…