First Nat. Bank of Aiken v. JL Mott Iron Works
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TtlE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Certiorari to a judgment affirming a recovery obtained by the respondent on a guaranty made by the petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Holmíes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit against, the petitioner upon a written guaranty of payment' to the respondent of $2,363.50 for goods sold to the Kaiser Company. The plaintiff, (the respondent,) had a verdict and judgment and the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State. Th.e case comes here' on the question of th.e liability of the bank, upon the facts that we shall state. •
They are simple.- A firm of McGhee and.McGhee was building a hospital in Aiken. The firm had contracted with the Kaiser Company for the- heating and plumbing, at the…
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