The absence of a witness to any bond or note shall not be deemed a good cause by any court of justice for postponing a trial respecting the same, but the signature to such bond or note may be proved by other testimony, unless the defendant in his answer shall swear or affirm, according to the form of his religious profession, that the signature to the bond or note in suit is not his, or in case the defendant or defendants should be executors or administrators unless one of them shall swear or affirm, as aforesaid, in his answer that he has cause to believe the signature to such bond or note is not the testator's or intestate's, as the case may be.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-9; 1952 Code Section 26-9; 1942 Code Sections 709, 710; 1932 Code Sections 709, 710; Civ. P. '22 Sections 725, 726; Civ. C. '12 Sections 3988, 3989; Civ. C. '02 Sections 2884, 2885; G. S. 2213, 2214; R. S. 2348, 2349; 1802 (5) 485.