Winklemen v. Sides

This is an action to recover on a promissory note executed by Douglas R. Sides and guaranteed by G. W. E. White and R. W. Binkley. The note is dated August 19, 1932, and is for the principal sum of $3,375.45, payable on demand to the Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, the assignor of plaintiff.

All defendants pleaded payment of the note. The guarantors interposed additional special defenses pertaining to them alone. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of the three defendants. Plaintiff urges that this demonstrates the verdict was based on an implied finding that the…