Watkins Co. v. Bannon & Flynn

The legal question involved in this case, is, as far as I know, new in the law of Maryland; that is, has not been passed on by the Court of Appeals, and *607T am not familiar with what may have been the nisi prius rulings.

The question is: To what extent, if at all, may a contract of guaranty duly signed by two guarantors with subscribing witnesses to their signatures, he impeached by them because of a fraud and misrepresentation in obtaining their signatures, where the suit is brought against (hem by the party in whose favor the guaranty was given, and who is in no wise privy to the fraud or…