Legal Opinion
Metropolitan National Bank v. Race
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 23, 1889PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon County; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWall, J.
This was an action of assumpsit by the appellant against the appellee upon a guarantee of a promissory note as follows:
“ $3,500. Chicago, Sept. 1, 1887.
“Ninety days after date we promise to pay to the order of ourselves thirty-five hundred dollars at Metropolitan National Bank. Value received.
“Race, Porter & Company,
“By L. L. Race, Treas.
“Pay to the Metropolitan National Bank.
“ Race, Porter & Co.
“By L. L. Race, Treas.
“ We hereby guarantee the payment of the within note.
“Signed: J. W. Bags,
“Charles H. Potter.
“One thousand dollars hereon, Dec. 5, 1887.”
Race, Porter & Company was a corporation…
2Cited by1 opinion
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