Van Kleeck v. Channon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Max Eberhardt, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
The main question in this case is whether appellant could be held as guarantor on certain promissory notes of which a corporate company was maker and appellee payee, and across the back of which appellant had written his name prior to their delivery to appellee. Under such circumstances the presumption of law would be that he assumed the liability of guarantor, but such presumption may be rebutted. De Clerque v. Campbell, 231 Ill. 442, and cases cited.
Appellant sought to overcome it by proof of what was said in a conversation between appellant and appellee’s husband at the time of making such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hunt v. DivineIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Dillman v. NadelhofferIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Stowell v. RaymondIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Clarke v. NewtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- DeClerque v. CampbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Canada v. ShutteeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1921