Granner v. Byam

This was an action at law upon a promissory note claimed to have been executed by D. E. Byam, Sr., and W. G. Hornung. The issues were between plaintiffs-appellees, Granner, and the defendant-appellant, Hornung. The defendant Hornung’s answer, in substance, denied that the note in suit was signed by the said defendant, and, further, that if the signature of the defendant appearing thereon is in the genuine handwriting of the defendant, that it was procured by some trickery and deceit and without the knowledge on the part of the defendant that he was signing a note; that if the signature to the…