Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis v. Nangle

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court granting Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis (Boatmen’s) a new trial after a jury verdict against Boatmen’s on its claim against a guarantor and his wife1 for the debts of a defaulting obligor. The circuit court granted a new trial on the basis that two of defendant’s instructions should not have been given. Guarantor alleges that Boatmen’s failed to make a submissible case and that guarantor should be considered discharged from his obligation. We affirm.

The essential facts are not in dispute. In 1983 Mr. White, a…