"In court, producing only a photocopy is useless; the judge requires the presentation of the original contract. The opposing party's defense lawyer directly handed the prepared original contract to the judge."
"After looking at it, the judge handed the original contract to us and asked if we acknowledged it."
As Lawyer Lowell spoke, Mr. York suddenly interjected, "Guess what, when I got the original contract, I felt something was strange. When I was the guarantor and signed the contract, I accidentally got ink on my hand, so the edge of the page with my signature had some smudges from my hand. I remember this detail very clearly because I even told Declan Jenkins at the time, 'Oh no, I've stained the contract.'"
"At that time, Declan Jenkins said a little stain didn't matter and wouldn't affect the contract's validity. But today in court, the original contract presented by the opposing party was spotless on the signature page, with just my signature."
