McClure v. State Banking Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint, from city court of Hall county — Judge Boone. December 31, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
The bank sued McClure on a note made payable to one Turner and indorsed by him to the bank. The defendant claimed that the note was a forgery, and that Turner had committed the forgery. He offered to prove, in support of this contention, that the general reputation of Turner was very bad, and ■that he bore the general reputation of having been engaged in the business of committing forgeries. The court declined to allow the proof. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defend.ant excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial.
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