Barrett v. Shanks

Mr. Presiding Justice Denis E. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Ail appeal is brought in this case together with four companion cases which are similar, all of which grew out of the action of the superior court in entering a summary judgment against the defendant upon a claim alleged to have been guaranteed to the extent of $5,000 each, by twenty-five guarantors, which includes the appellant. The original suit was commenced in 1932.

It appears that on July 8, 1937, an amended declaration was filed, wherein it is alleged that- the Midwest Athletic Club on April 11, 1927, made a…