Lightstone v. Laurencel

Mr. Ch. J. Murray concurred.

The note sued on is written in the Spanish language. The defendant Laurencel, is the maker. The other defendant, Sansevaine, expresses his liability by writing, in the Spanish language, the words, ‘ ‘Soy fiador la arriba expresada canUdad,” which, translated, means, “I am guarantor for the amount herein named.” The word “fiador,” according to Escriche, is defined to be, “he who undertakes for the obligation of another, taking upon himself the fulfillment thereof, in case of the non-compliance of the party contracting,”

This is, in effect, the definition of the…