Century Trust & Savings Bank v. Adams
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richabd S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff hank brought this suit as payee of a promissory note for the sum of $1,900, against the defendant who was one of the guarantors on the note. The trial was had before the court without a jury and the court found the issues for the defendant, holding that the plaintiff had released one of the other guarantors and this operated to release the defendant also. Judgment for costs was entered against the plaintiff, from which it prosecutes this appeal.
The note in question was the note of one John F. Adams, and the three…
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