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142 Ill. 453

Riggs v. Powell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1892

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1892-11-02

George W. Herdmae, Judge, presiding. On the 5th day of May, 1889, Starkey B. Powell died at his residence in Winchester, Scott county, testate. Held: we think the appellant can make no complaint in this respect. Objection is made to the following, which was held at the instance of the appellee: “6. Under the laws of this State handwriting can not be proven by comparing an alleged signature with a genuine one.

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Decided 1892-11-02

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Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently November 1974

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Per Curiam :

¶1The same briefs and arguments which were used in the Appellate Court and none others are filed in this court, and consequently, no reasons for interfering with the judgment of the trial court which were not urged upon and considered by the Appellate Court are presented here. The question to which most of the evidence heard at the trial was directed, viz, whether Starkey B. Powell’s indorsement of the promissory note in controversy is genuine, being a question of fact, is conclusively settled, adversely to the appellant, by the decision of the Appellate Court. Only the rulings of the trial court as to the law are open for consideration here.

¶2We have carefully considered the opinion of the Appellate Court, so far as it discusses or decides the questions of law raised by the appeal, and are disposed to concur substantially with both its reasoning and its conclusions. We shall not undertake therefore the unnecessary labor of making a further statement of our own views, but for the reasons stated by the Appellate Court the judgment will be affirmed.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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