Legal Opinion
Lake Street Elevated Railroad v. Carmichael
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1900PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The appellee recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county, against appellant, upon a guaranty endorsed on the back of a promissory note of one Miller, payable to appellee, in the sum of §2500 and interest. Said guaranty was as follows:
“For value received, the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company hereby guarantees the prompt payment of the within note at its maturity.
Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co.
By John A. Roche, President."
The pleas were, first, non-assumpsit verified; and second, that the defendant is a corporation organized under the act in force March 1,1872, for…
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