Wm. Filene's Sons Co. v. Gilchrist Co.

HALE, District Judge.

On May 29, 1912, the Gilchrist Company made a written guaranty to William Filene’s Sons Company of a lease executed by the Filene Company to the Wm. S. Butler Company of premises at the southwest corner of Washington and Winter streets in the city of Boston. For some time before the execution of this guaranty, these three Massachusetts corporations had been' engaged in the *665conduct of dry goods stores; the Butler Company on Tremont street, the Gilchrist Company on the northwest corner of Washington and Winter streets, and the Filene Company on the southwest corner of…