Stowell v. Raymond

This was assumpsit, in the circuit court of Cook county, by Lorenzo Stowell, plaintiff, and against Thomas Raymond, defendant, charging a liability.as guarantor of a promissory note executed by one T. D. Hull, and Charles Wheeler, to the plaintiff, and delivered to plaintiff after the same was endorsed by defendant. The plea was, non assumpsit, accompanied by the usual affidavit of merits. The jury found for the defendant, and the court rendered a judgment against the plaintiff for the costs, to reverse which he appeals.

The only question made on the record is as to the nature and character of…