Maher v. Building & Loan Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a guaranty of a promissory note.—Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Judgment for plaintiff on demurrer. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
The appellee sued appellant in assumpsit, as guarantor of a promissory note of date December 12,1896, for the sum of $250, due forty days after the date thereof, made by Charles Seymour Crysler, payable to appellee and indorsed “ Edward Maher.” The declaration contained a special count on the guaranty and the common counts. Appellant pleaded the general issue to the common counts and four special pleas to the special count, to three of which special pleas the court sustained a demurrer, and appellant stood by his pleas. The sustaining the demurrer to these pleas is assigned as error. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carroll v. WeldIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
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