Chillicothe Trust Co. v. French

This suit is on a promissory note for $876.10 payable to the plaintiff bank, dated September 8, 1919, with eight per cent interest payable semi-annually, signed by defendant F. E. Riley and purporting to be also signed by the defendant D. A. French. Riley in his answer admitted the execution thereof and alleged that his co-defendant, French, also signed it. French, in an answer duly sworn to, denied that he signed it and pleaded non est factum.

Upon a trial before a jury, a verdict was returned against both defendants, from a judgment on which the defendant French appealed.

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