Long v. Little

Citations

• 119 Ill. 600
• 8 N.E. 194

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence—proof of signature—opinions of witnesses as to genuineness. Upon the question of the genuineness of a signature, the number of witnesses will not always control. In determining what weight shall be given to the testimony of a witness, his knowledge and means of information, and his honesty and intelligence, should all be considered.</p> <p>2. Where a witness shows he was acquainted with a person in his lifetime, and his handwriting, and had seen him write, he will be competent to give his opinion as to the genuineness of a signature purporting to be that of such deceased person. .</p> <p>3. Same—indorsement of payment of interest on a note—admission. An indorsement upon a note, in the handwriting of the maker, of the receipt of the interest thereon up to a given date, after which the interest should be eight per cent, if unexplained, is an admission that such note was in force at the time the indorsement was made. But if there is no proof aliunde of the payment of the interest, such indorsement will not be sufficient evidence to overcome the payee’s written receipt of payment in full, and his admission that the maker was “square” with him.</p>