Ligo v. Dodson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The proponents’ evidence as to signature was sufficient to carry the case to the jury and justify the verdict that it was genuine. Where there is a substantial dispute on the facts testified to by eminently credible witnesses, the trial judge is not warranted in disturbing the verdict: Rowand v. Finney, 96 Pa. 192; Tetlow’s Est., 269 Pa. 486; Com.
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The proponents’ evidence as to signature was sufficient to carry the case to the jury and justify the verdict that it was genuine. Where there is a substantial dispute on the facts testified to by eminently credible witnesses, the trial judge is not warranted in disturbing the verdict: Rowand v. Finney, 96 Pa. 192; Tetlow’s Est., 269 Pa. 486; Com. Trust Co. v. DuBruille, 243 Pa. 292; Sharpless’s Est., 134 Pa. 250; Butts v. Armour, 164 Pa. 73; Kustus v. Hager, 269 Pa. 103. Standards of handwriting are admissible in evidence for purposes of comparison only in corroboration of other testimony:…
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Mr. Justice Frazer,
Mrs. Nellie M. Dean, an elderly woman, widow and childless, died suddenly on the night of January 17, 1928, at her home in the City of New Castle, from heart disease. She had previously been in general good health and the heart trouble did not assume an acute form until a short time before her death. Her mental powers were strong; she had long been active and successful in the management of business and financial affairs attendant upon her estate, valued at approximately $300,000, left by her husband, who died intestate. On the day of her decease a will, the…
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