Burghart v. Brown

The appellant recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace in Livingston county against the respondent for the amount of a promissory note for $80, and the interest due thereon.

The respondent appealed to the Common Pleas Court of Livingston county, where the case was tried de novo before a jury. The execution of the note was denied by the respondent under oath, the only issue in the case being as to the execution oí the note by the respondent.

Upon the trial of this issue, evidence was introduced by the appellant tending to prove the execution of the note by the respondent, and byr the…