Berea College v. Killian

Mr. Presiding Justice John J. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal by defendants, Victor J. Killian, William L. Wente, Walter S. Murray and Roger Sinclair, seeks to reverse a summary judgment entered against them in an action at law brought by plaintiff to recover the balance due on certain notes, the payment of which they guarantied. This balance was shown by the amount of a deficiency judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in a prior foreclosure proceeding.

The facts briefly stated are that on March 20, 1932, the Chicago Title & Trust Company, as trustee, executed…