Standard Sewing Machine Co. v. Church
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Grand Forks County; Fisk, J. Action by the Standard Sewing Machine Company against Jeremiah R. Church and George Salisbury. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
The plaintiff brings this action upon a written instrument purporting to be an undertaking of guaranty, signed by the defendants, and by which they guaranty to plaintiff the payment of the price and value of such sewing machines and articles connected therewith as the plaintiff might furnish to one J. N. Edmunds upon credit, limiting their liability, however, to the sum of $1,000. The case was tried to a jury. After plaintiff had rested his case, counsel for defendants made a motion for a directed verdict upon the ground “that the plaintiff had not proved facts sufficient to constitute a…
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