Worcester Bank & Trust Co. v. Holbrook

The plaintiff as executor of the will of Frank S.- Ewing has brought suit on a promissory note for $25,000, dated November 5, 1929, and payable to the order of Ewing. The note bore the purported signatures of “JOHN J. KINGSLEY” and “JOHN J. KINGSLEY INC. By: JOHN J. KINGSLEY Treasurer.” The defendants are the administrator with the will annexed of Kingsley and the corporation. The plaintiff produced the note, offered testimony identifying the signatures, without objection from the defendants introduced the note in evidence, and rested. It thereby made out a prima facie case sufficient to…