State Bank of Blue Island v. Benzing

November 8, 1937, the State Bank of Blue Island brought an action against defendants to enforce a written contract of guaranty executed by defendants whereby they guaranteed the performance by the Blue Island Trust & Savings Bank of a contract entered into between that bank and plaintiff. The case was tried before the court without a jury, there was a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $93,973.87, and defendants appeal.

The case was before us on a former appeal from a judgment holding that plaintiff had failed to state a cause of action in its amended complaint, in that the contract…