Frank v. Taubman

This is an action of forcible detainer by the appellee against the appellants. The appellants defended upon the allegation that the appellee had made a new lease, under which the possession was held.

In aid of the proof of the execution of the new lease, which the appellee denied, they offered in evidence the appeal bond, and many receipts for rent signed by her, that the jury might, under the authority of Brobston v. Cahill, 64 Ill. 356, compare the disputed signature with those on the appeal bond and receipts. The receipts had no relation to any issue in the case, and were, therefore, as…