Davis v. Lambert

Ames, C.

This is an action upon a promissory note. The defense is a denial that the purported signature of the defendant, who is admittedly hound, if .at all, only as surety, is genuine. On the trial a great many witnesses on both sides testified as experts concerning the genuineness of the disputed signature, a large numerical majority of them favoring the contention of the defendant. At the instance of the plaintiff the court gave to the jury the following instruction which Avas excepted to.

“You are instructed that the evidence as to the genuineness of handAvriting is generally regarded as…