National Bank v. Armstrong

This action was brought by the Bank, as payee, against Armstrong as endorser of a promissory note for $1400, and the defence was forgery. The case was tried upon issue joined on the plea of non assumpsit, and at the trial two exceptions were taken by the plaintiff to the rulings of the Court. As these rulings were the same in each exception, only one of them need be stated, and it is substantially as follows:

After the plaintiff had proved by several witnesses acquainted with defendant’s hand-writing, that in their opinion the disputed signature was genuine, the defendant himself testified…