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183 Pa. 179

Young v. Doherty

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 8, 1897

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1897-11-08

Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland County, Feb. T., 1896, No. 703, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit upon a promissory note under seal. Before Doxy, P. J. At the trial the note in suit was offered in evidence. It was objected to because upon its face it purports to have been signed by Snyder as surety, and the absence of the signature from the customary place is not explained.

Affirmed · Decided 1897-11-08

Per Curiam,

¶1There was no error in charging the jury as recited in the first specification; nor in answering the point quoted in the second specification. The note referred to in the third assignment of error was rightly admitted.

¶2The subjects of complaint in the remaining four specifications are the rejection of the several offers of evidence specified therein. Each of these offers was rightly excluded. If evidence such as that proposed were received and submitted to a jury, the security of sealed instruments would be greatly impaired, if not entirely destroyed.

¶3The case was carefully and correctly tried. We find nothing in any of the specifications that would justify a reversal of the judgment.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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