Cornog v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 285, Jan. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 415, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of E. Clara Cornog v. William F. Wilson et ah, executors of the estate of Norris Wilson, deceased. Assumpsit on a promissory note for 16,500 by payee against the maker’s executors. Before Magill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 285, Jan. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 415, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of E. Clara Cornog v. William F. Wilson et ah, executors of the estate of Norris Wilson, deceased. Assumpsit on a promissory note for 16,500 by payee against the maker’s executors. Before Magill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Errors assigned were (1) in refusing to admit the note in evidence, and (3) in directing a nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mk. Chief Justice Fell,
This was an action on a promissory note dated March 6, 1894, made by the defendant’s testator to the plaintiff. At the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the note which was on a printed form containing the printed figures 188 at the place for the date. The figure 9 had been written over the second 8 and the figure 4 added, making the date 1894. From an inspection of the note it appears that the only part in the handwriting of the maker is the signature. The lines of the figure 9 are much heavier than any other figures on the note and obscure the parts of…
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