McKim v. Foley

The question of the genuineness of the defendant’s signature on the bond in suit was the principal issue at the trial. The plaintiff put in the testimony of an expert in handwriting, that the signature of the defendant’s name on the bond was genuine, and this was his only witness on this point. The exceptions then recite as follows:

“ The defendant testified that he did not sign the bond in question; but upon cross-examination he testified that it was like his handwriting, but he did not remember having signed it. On re-examination he stated that, as a matter of recollection, he had not signed…