Booker v. Bowles

Debt on bond. Defendant produced a counter bond to which there were two subscribing witnesses, one of whom denied his signature, and the other did not attend. Defendant then offered to prove the execution of the bond by other evidence, which was rejected by the Court. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

The rejection of the evidence offered by the defendant, and the refusal of the'Court to grant a new trial on that ground, are the only special errors assigned. This case cannot be distinguished, in principle, from one in which no subscribing witness appears. When the witness who…