Supreme Court of Iowa October 9, 1897 (Rouss v. Creglow)

Given, J.

1 I. The written contract of guaranty sued upon is as follows: “$2,500.00. May 7, 1892. For and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to us in hand paid by Charles Broadway Rouss, of the city of New York, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I, we, or either of us, do hereby guarantee the prompt payment to him of any sum, up to twenty-five hundred dollars, which is now or at any