Babcock v. Blanchard

This was assumpsit, in the Cook circuit court, by William Blanchard, John J. Borland, and Horatio Gr. Billings, plaintiffs, and against Walter S. Babcock, defendant, as indorser and guarantor of the note of one Henry E. Pickett, and as guarantor of the note of A. C. Prout & Co. There was a plea of the general issue, and a special plea denying the execution of the guaranty, verified by affidavit. There was a trial by jury and a verdict for the plaintiffs. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered on the verdict; to reverse which the defendant appeals.

The facts of the case…