Bruce v. Crews
Supreme Court of Georgia
Proof of handwriting. Case. Decided by Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court, January Term, 1869. On the 8th of September, 1865, Joseph Crews bound himself in writing to convey for Bruce two hundred bales of cotton from Laurens Court-house, South Carolina, to Augusta, Georgia, within eight weeks from that date, in consideration of $6 00 per bale in gold, to be paid by Bruce to Crews, as the cotton arrived. This cotton was then in Crews’ warehouse at Laurens Court-house.
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Proof of handwriting. Case. Decided by Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court, January Term, 1869. On the 8th of September, 1865, Joseph Crews bound himself in writing to convey for Bruce two hundred bales of cotton from Laurens Court-house, South Carolina, to Augusta, Georgia, within eight weeks from that date, in consideration of $6 00 per bale in gold, to be paid by Bruce to Crews, as the cotton arrived. This cotton was then in Crews’ warehouse at Laurens Court-house. He did not carry it, and Bruce sued him, averring that Crews had damaged him not only by failing to convey it, as he…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
Handwriting is proven by one who has seen the asserted author of the writing write, or who has, in any reliable way, become acquainted with the hand. By our Code, section 3786, if one testify that he knows the hand, he is competent. How he acquired the knowledge may be inquired into, and the result of the inquiry is for the jury. The witness is competent, his credibility, the character of his knowledge, is a thing of degree. But if the witness do not testify affirmatively, but says, that from the knowledge so aud so acquired I am of opinion, etc., then the nature of that knowledge may or may…
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