Bank of Homewood v. Sjo

Defendant, Lilas Sjo, appeals from a summary judgment entered against her in the circuit court of Cook County in favor of plaintiff, Bank of Homewood, construing defendant’s written guaranty to extend to a promissory note executed by Ralph Sjo. On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in construing her guaranty to extend to the indebtedness in question; and (2) whether the trial court erred in entering summary judgment in light of ambiguity in the terms of the guaranty.

In 1974, Ralph Sjo, who was also known as Ralph Show, then defendant’s husband,…