Peoples Trust Co. v. O'Neil

Appellant’s liability, if any, must rest upon her contract of guaranty. Her sole defense is the six-year Statute of Limitations. She was not the maker, as in State Bank of Binghamton v. Mangan (269 N. Y. 598), nor a co-maker, as in Hoover v. Hubbard (202 N. Y. 289) and Shoemaker v. Benedict (11 N. Y. 176), nor a surety, as in Littlefield v. Littlefield (91 N. Y. 203) and Gould v. Cayuga County Nat. Bank (86 N. Y. 75), nor an indorser within the provisions of the Negotiable Instru ments Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 38). Her status differs radically from that of the defendant in McMullen v. Rafferty…