Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1856

Benjamin v. Moody

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1856 · Cutting, Goodenow, Hathaway, Rice, Tenney

41 Me. 127

Counsel

Jordan, Eastman & Leland, for plaintiff., N. D. Appleton, J. S. Kimball and Clifford, for defendant.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hathaway, J.

The character in which the parties signed the note is presumed to be correctly exhibited by it, until the contrary be proved. Crosby v. Wyatt, 23 Maine, 161. The instructions given were in entire accordance with this principle, and— The exceptions are overruled and judgment on the verdict.

Tenney, C. J., and Cutting, Rice, and Goodenow, J. J., concurred.

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