Day v. Elmore
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT. This was an action of assumpsit brought upon a contract of guaranty for the collection of a promissory note, made by W. E. and E. P. Bassett to Hiram W. Frink and George E. H. Day, for the payment of f820, with interest from date at 25 per cent-üm per annum until paid, payable within one year, and dated March 8, 1851. The note was not paid at maturity by the makers or the guarantor.
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ERROR TO MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT. This was an action of assumpsit brought upon a contract of guaranty for the collection of a promissory note, made by W. E. and E. P. Bassett to Hiram W. Frink and George E. H. Day, for the payment of f820, with interest from date at 25 per cent-üm per annum until paid, payable within one year, and dated March 8, 1851. The note was not paid at maturity by the makers or the guarantor. At the term of the County Court, for the county of Milwaukee, suit was brought by the defendants in error, against the plaintiff in error, upon the said contract of guaranty, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gourt,
Smith, J»
This is an action of assumpsit' brought by the defendants in error upon a contract of guaranty, upon a promissory note made by W. E. and E. P. Bassett, payable to George E. H..Day and Hiram W. Eink or order. The guaranty is in the following words ¿
“ I guaranty the collection tif the within note for value re-ceived, November 7, 1851,” signed by the plaintiff in error.
This case, in most of its essential features, is like that of Day against Bates, decided at a former term. The opinion prepared in that case delayed at the request of counsel in this, in order that he might…
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