2 Johns. Cas. 198 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1801
The defence in this case rested on the
The memorandum of the deceased partner was properly rejected; for it was nothing more than the act of *the party himself. The alterations on the face of the note, unsupported by other proof, would not be competent evidence; but if any previous testimony had been offered, to show that the note was given for a less sum, or to render it probable that a fraud had been committed, the alteration on the face of the note would have been a strong corroborating circumstance, if not decisive, of the truth of the fact. On the first ground, we think that there-ought to be a new tria.1, with costs to abide the event of the suit.
New trial granted.(
(a) See Cowen & Hill’s notes to 1 Phill, Ev. 298, 299, 300, 453 ; Cumberland Bank v. Hall, 1 Halst. 215; see Sayre v. Reynolds, 2 South. 737.