Christman v. Pearson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon.. William Gr. Thompson, Judge. The plaintiffs are executors of the estate of John Christman, deceased, and bring suit on four notes. The defense was payment of three of the notes, and denial of the execution of the other. Trial to jury. Verdict and judgment for part of the amount claimed. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1 The defendant, in his answer, denied the execution of one of the notes sued on. E. H. Crocker, being called as a witness, testified that he was an attorney at law, and had been for seven or eight years; that for' fifteen years past his business had required him to examine hand-writings a great deal, and of a great many different people; that he had frequently made comparisons, and often had made discriminations between *635handwritings, to find.out whether the handwriting was that of a certain person. In answer to the question whether he was an expert in judging handwriting, he said that he was…
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