Weirton Savings & Loan Company v. Cortez

Haden, Justice:

This is an appeal by Weirton Savings & Loan Company from a final order of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, refusing to set aside a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Patsy Cortez, who was the defendant in the civil action below, which had been instituted to effect a money recovery for nonpayment of a promissory note executed by Cortez.

At the trial, the loan company proved documentary evidence which included the loan application, the promissory note, the loan voucher for the proceeds of the loan, and the loan payment record. This evidence was introduced by an…