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51 Ill. App. 69

Ligare v. Hayden

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 29, 1893

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1893-06-29

Memorandum.-—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Declaration, first indorsee against maker; plea, general issue; trial by jury; judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.

Relies on Israel ex rel. Scholl v. Reynolds

Decided 1893-06-29

Mr. Justice Gary

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2The appellee sued the appellant as maker of a promissory note, indorsed by the payee to the appellee, after it was due. Another note, made by the payee and guaranteed by the appellant, was then lying overdue and unpaid in a bank.

¶3The appellant insists that his then liability as guarantor for the payee is in some way a defense to this note. It was no failure of consideration, nor was it a set-off, nor payment.

¶4There was an implied promise by the payee to indemnify the appellant against the consequences of that guaranty, but until the appellant had been damnified, that implied promise could not be the basis of any defense to the note sued upon, whether it remained in the hands of the payee, or was indorsed by him after maturity. Brandt Sur. and Guar., S. 205; Israel v. Reynolds, 11 Ill. 218.

¶5The statute, Sec. 12, Oh. 98, Negotiable Instruments, by which a set-off follows a note indorsed after maturity, has no effect here.

¶6The judgment is affirmed.

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