Greater Providence Deposit Corp. v. Barnacle

OPINION FAY, Chief Justice.

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island, acting pursuant to Rule 6 of the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure, has certified to this court two questions of law, together with a statement of facts relevant to the controversy in which the questions arose. The certified questions arise from two distinct fact patterns.

On December 22, 1986, Sally E. Lapides (Lapides) and her husband, Michael J. Barnacle (Barnacle), executed a promissory note in favor of Greater Providence Deposit Corporation to evidence a loan for the purchase of…