Walter A. Wood Reaping & Mowing MacHine Co. v. Ascher

The appellant corporation sued the appellee in the Circuit Court for Kent County, upon his written guaranty of the payment of the promissory note of C. R. Atkinson. The defendant pleaded the general issue. At the trial of the case, before the Court without a jury, the plaintiff’s prayer was rejected and the defendant’s prayer, asserting the want of legally sufficient evidence to entitle the plaintiff to recover, was granted. A verdict and judgment were entered for the defendant and the plaintiff appealed.

The note was in the following form:

“$ioo. Chestertown, September i, 1901.

On or before the…