Cancelmo's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

In the adjudication of the estate of Thomas J. Cancelmo, a claim was presented by the Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Tampa, Florida, on two promissory notes aggregating $35,000, payment of which it was alleged by the claimant has been guaranteed to it in writing by Cancelmo in his lifetime. The court below allowed the claim and this appeal follows.

The controverted question is the scope of the contract of guaranty, which admittedly the decedent, with others, signed. It reads, omitting the immaterial parts: “That for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar…