The defendant placed upon the witness stand an expert in handwriting, and exhibited to him a receipt, at the same time exhibiting to him other papers properly in evidence in the cause, and asked him to say, after comparing all the papers, but especially their dates, whether the date of the receipt was January 22d or July 22d. It was for the interest of the defendant to show that it was the former. The witness was not called upon to give his opinion of the handwriting. This was not in dispute. As it was the office of the jury to find what the date was, I am of-opinion it was not competent for the witness to speak to that. I do not deny that it would have been competent for the expert to testify as to an analysis of the lines that made up the date, and by that to exhibit details which might escape the attention of ordinary observers, and that the jury might consider such testimony. This was not the object of the question, which was properly excluded. The defendants’ counsel asked the court to charge, which the court refused to do, that “if the jury find that Mr. Dresler knew that Mr. Hard was interested in the sale of the Manhattan stock in question, and made no claim against Mr. Hard, filed his claim with the assignee against Blauvelt individually, and allowed Hard to go on and make a settlement with the assignee of Blauvelt, he is estopped from making any claim against Mr. Hard, and can
I am of' the opinion that the appeal-book does not show that the defendant excepted to the refusal of the trial judge to charge certain requests. The alleged exceptions are presented by the following words: “I also except to the refusal of the court to charge each and every request submitted by me, as requested, that he has declined to charge, and to the refusal of the court to find any requests as requested, which he has charged in substance. ” Then follow 14 requests to charge. An exception to a refusal to charge should be specific. It is not enough for counsel to say, in general terms, that they except to the refusal of the court to charge each and every request that it has declined to charge. The ease should show that the trial judge was requested to charge a certain proposition, that he refused to do so, and that an exception to such refusal was duly taken. The court at general term should not be required to examine the charge of the trial judge in order to determine whether the appellant has or has not a good exception to a refusal to charge as requested. What refusal is excepted to should appear from the exception itself. Briggs v. Waldron, 83 N. Y. 586; and see Baylis v. Stimson, 110 N. Y. 624, 17 N. E. Rep. 144. The judgment and order are affirmed, with costs.