...instrument may be proved by admission or otherwise, as if there had been no attesting witness thereto. 8. Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be genuine, may be made by the Court, or by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence...

...the genuineness of the signature or writing in controversy." Rev. 1877, p. 381, «[ 19. New York. " Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in all trials and proceedings, and...

...Under Laws 1S95, p. 284, providinc that c'oniparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses, and such writing and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same may be submitted as evidence of the genuineness...

...s. 27; in criminal cases, 28 & 29 Viet. c. 18, s. 8. By these handwriting in dispute may be compared with any writing, proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine.by the witnesses, and their evidence submitted to the jury on the question of the handwriting...

...subscribing witness ; but tliis shall not apply to the proof of the execution of any last will and testament. Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses, and such writings, and the evidence...

...In England it is now otherwise by the statute of 28 & 29 Viet., c. 18, § 1, 8, which permits such "comparison of a disputed writing with any writing...proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine." 92 There is some American legislation of the like sort,93 and in Massachusetts94 and Maine 9B the same...

...species of evidence.21 Under the statute of New York amending the original statute of 1880 it is enacted that comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be the genuine handwriting of any person, claimed on the trial to have made or executed the...

...tobe genuine to the satisfaction of the judge. New York. (Laws 1880, c. 36, § 1; Laws 1888, e. 555). Comparison of a disputed writing, with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in all trials and proceeding . and...

...Procedure, amended so as to take effect in its present form on February 17, 1909, provides as follows: "Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be the genuine handwriting of any person, claimed on the trial to have made or executed the...

...either by the record or cross-examination of the witness. Disputed writings may be proved by comparison with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine. In counties where records affecting title to real estate have been destroyed by fire or other calamity,...