Crane v. Dexter Horton & Co.

Citations

• 5 Wash. 479
• 32 P. 223
• 1893 Wash. LEXIS 6

Syllabus

<p>APPEAL — HARMLESS ERROR — EVIDENCE — RELEVANCY — PHOTO - GRAPHS OP SIGNATURES — PAYMENT OF FORGED CHECK.</p> <p>Irrelevant testimony admitted over objection will not justify a reversal when it does not appear to be in any way prejudicial to the appellant.</p> <p>Where the issue in an action is as to whether or not a certain check given°to a woman was a forgery, testimony on the part of the woman is admissible showing how the acquaintance between herself and the alleged maker of the check commenced and progressed until it ended in criminal intercourse between them, which was discovered by her husband and for which the check had been given as remuneration, as a large latitude is allowed in the matter of admitting testimony to show the relations of the parties where forgery is charged.</p> <p>Where the disputed signature of a check is in court as well as five hundred genuine ones, it is not error for the court to reject photographs of the disputed signature and certain genuine signatures taken side by side which were offered in evidence.</p> <p>In an action against a bank to recover for the payment of a check alleged to be forged it is not error to charge that a bank need not regard the hand writing in the body of the check it pays, but must look to the signature alone.</p>