Barrier v. Marine Midland Trust Co. of Southern New York

An alleged error on the part of Marine Midland Trust Company of Southern New York (Marine Midland), one of the appellees, produced this litigation and what one might suspect at times to have been slightly raised blood pressure on the part of certain of the parties and their counsel. We shall here reverse judgment entered in favor of defendant Marine Midland when its motion for summary judgment was granted.

It all began back in May of 1969 when appellant, James D. Barrier (Barrier), bought a new Pontiac au tomobile which he financed through Marine Midland. He moved to Maryland, taking up his…