Eberhart v. Page

Appellee sued appellant in assumpsit, as guarantor of a promissory note executed by one Miller to the Fourth National Bank of Chicago, for $1,300, with interest at ten per cent per annum. Appellant pleaded non-assumpsit, and filed an affidavit with his plea that he verily believed he had a good defense to the suit, upon the merits, to the whole of the plaintiff's demand.

Appellee made a motion for a speedy trial of the cause out of its order on the docket, and appellant, in opposition thereto, read his plea and affidavit, and also the following affidavit, which he then filed:

“John F. Eberhart,…