Iowa City First National Bank v. Kane

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 368
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 169

Syllabus

<p>Promissory notes — Alteration—Evidence—Case for jury.</p> <p>Where a promissory note shows on its face material alterations in the total amount of the note and in the installments specified to be paid, it is reversible error for the trial judge to refuse to admit the note in evidence, where the witness for plaintiff on depositions explains in a reasonable way how the alterations came to be made in the presence of the defendant, but testifying long after the note was given, and not having it before him or any ■written date, varies in his testimony by an amount within a fraction of a dollar from the amount of the installment as reduced appearing on the face of the note. In such a case the note should be admitted in evidence and the jury permitted to pass upon the question of the validity of the alterations.</p>