Riordan v. Guggerty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — IIon, H. C. Traverse, Judge. The plaintiff seeks to recover the amount appearing to be due on a promissory note for four hundred dollars, dated November 26, 1877, payable to plaintiff one day after date, and purporting to be «signed by defendant. The answer of defendant is under oath, and denies the making of the note ; alleging that the signature thereto is a forgery.
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Appeal from Wapello District Court. — IIon, H. C. Traverse, Judge. The plaintiff seeks to recover the amount appearing to be due on a promissory note for four hundred dollars, dated November 26, 1877, payable to plaintiff one day after date, and purporting to be «signed by defendant. The answer of defendant is under oath, and denies the making of the note ; alleging that the signature thereto is a forgery. It further alleges that, if defendant made the note, plaintiff has been fully paid all sums which defendant ever owed him. By way of counter-claim, the defendant asks to recover of…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
L fSS. chirp of cretion of °ourt' I. The plaintiff, on his direct examination, testified as follows: “ Mr. Guggerty signed the note in my presence. I saw him sign it. The , signature is his. I am positive of it.” On cross-examination he was asked, as to the consideration of the note, how its amount was determined, for what the money for which it was given was paid, and other questions of a similar nature. He was also asked if he had ever presented the note to defendant prior to'A. D. 1885. These questions were objected to by plaintiff on the ground that they were improper on…
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