10 Kan. 335 | Kan. | 1872
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action on a promissory note. Defendant below, Macomber, denied the execution of the same; and the principal question at the trial was whether Macomber signed the note or not. It purported to be signed by him, and the question was whether the signature was genuine. Two letters written and signed by Macomber were introduced in evidence to show what Macomber had said about the note. Afterward a witness, W. Hadley, was examined on the part of the plaintiff. He was first shown to be an expert in the examination of signatures. Then the signature to the note and the signatures to the two letters were shown to the witness, and he was asked whether he thought they were written by the same person. The defendant objected to the question on the ground that the evidence it would elicit would be incompetent. The court overruled the objection and the defendant excepted. The witness then answered that it was his opinion that the signatures were all written by the same person. The record shows that afterward—
“ On cross-examination the witness testified: ‘ I never saw defendant write, and am not acquainted with his signature.’ The defendant then moved the court to' strike out the testimony of witness Hadley for the reason that it now appears incompetent. The court decided that it refuses to entertain the motion, and no further action of the court was had; to which refusal to entertain the motion and decision the defendant then and there excepted.”
Of course the court erred in refusing to entertain the motion. The question raised on this motion was different