Booth v. Storrs

This was an action of assumpsit, brought to the June term, 1870, of the Superior Court of Chicago, by appellees, as assignees, against appellant, as assignor and guarantor of a promissory note made by Barnum, Mason & Co. bearing date at Chicago, August 2, 1869, whereby they, nine months after date, for value received, promised to pay to the order of appellant, the sum of $176.66, at Manufacturers' National Bank, Chicago, with interest at seven per cent, and endorsed by appellant.

The declaration contains three counts, the first two of which set out the contract and liability of the assignor,…