Court Opinion

ID: 9884611
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 03:03:15.367431+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:03.672547
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting: I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion and would affirm the judgments of the circuit and appellate courts. The appellate court opinion, adequately, and in my judgment correctly, deals with the question of the blanks in the guaranty agreement at the time of its execution and correctly points out the inadequacies of defendant’s affidavit in support of her motion. The majority opinion appears to rest on the fact that “the extent of liability can be ascertained only be evidence dehors the instrument.” The instrument is an unconditional guaranty of defendant’s husband’s indebtedness up to $50,000, and the only evidence dehors the instrument necessary to ascertain the amount owed is testimony as to how much is due. This would be true if the warrant were contained in a note, rather than a guaranty agreement and I fail to perceive the distinction.