McNair v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Adams county. This was an action of debt, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the use of R. Gr. McCreai-y, trustee of Isaac E. Pearson, and Lavina Maria, his wife, against Samuel S. McNair, on a recognisance in the Orphans’ Court of Adams county.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Adams county. This was an action of debt, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the use of R. Gr. McCreai-y, trustee of Isaac E. Pearson, and Lavina Maria, his wife, against Samuel S. McNair, on a recognisance in the Orphans’ Court of Adams county. The defendant, Samuel S. McNair, took certain real estate belonging to his deceased father, at the valuation in the Orphans’ Court, and entered into recognisance on the 28th April, 1834, to pay to Isaac E. Pearson, and Lavina Maria Pearson, the sum of $65.16, in one year, and the further sum of $32.58, at…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lewis, C. J.
To admit a witness to testify his belief of the handwriting of a party from having seen him write his signature only once, is to go quite far enough in support of that description of evidence. If a solitary transaction, although so slight as the subscription of a single name, have made an impression on the mind of the witness.of the character of the handwriting, he maybe permitted to testify his belief in cases where the writing of the party comes in question. If that impression has been effaced by the lapse of time, the memory may be…
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