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2 D.C. 202

Turner v. Green & Johnson

Decided June 15, 1820

Assumpsit, upon a promissory note, and the common money counts. offers to prove the handwriting of the defendants, the makers of the note, by other testimony than that of the subscribing witness, without accounting for his absence.

Decided 1820-06-15

¶1But

the Court

¶2(nem. con.) rejected the evidence. He then offered to prove that the defendant, Johnson, confessed a balance of $300 due on the note, and promised to pay it; and contended that this was good evidence on the count for money had and received.

¶3But the Court

(Cranch, C. J., doubting,)

¶4rejected the evidence.

¶5The Court offered to save the point, and directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court on the question of evidence, but Mr. Marbury refused to pay the jury fee ; and the Court instructed the jury that there was no evidence before them to support the action.

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