50 Minn. 32 | Minn. | 1892
This action is upon a promissory note alleged to have been made by the defendant. The defense is that the defendant’s name, subscribed as maker of the note, was a forgery, and he testified as a witness on the trial that he did not sign it. In support of a motion by the plaintiff for a new trial, after verdict had been rendered for the defendant, a letter was produced, shown to have been written by the defendant to a third party, and the authorship of which is not denied, in which the defendant refers to-this action in terms which may well be regarded as recognizing his legal liability on the note. The court granted a new trial. This was a reasonable exer
Order affirmed.