Bliss v. Johnson

This is an action on a promissory note, dated June 26,1875, for $1,000, payable to the plaintiff on demand, and purporting to be signed by the defendant’s intestate by her mark, in the presence of an attesting witness. The defence is that the note was not made by the intestate. On this issue the defendant was allowed to put in evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was not a person of means; that his real estate was mortgaged for its full value; that he was a frequent borrower of money in small sums, and at one time was refused a loan of $900, because he had no security to offer…