International Textbook Co. v. Ohl

Plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, brings this suit to enforce defendant’s guaranty upon an alleged written contract entered into between plaintiff and defendant’s son, a boy 15 years of age. By the terms of this written contract, plaintiff agreed to furnish said son “a course of correspondence instruction for $48.80.” Defendant guaranteed said payment. The suit was instituted in a justice’s court against both defendant and his son. A judgment was there rendered in defendant’s favor. Plaintiff appealed the case to the circuit court, discontinued…