General Electric Co. v. Keyser

McGraw, Justice:

This appeal involves a conflict of laws question and is one of first impression in this j urisdiction. All material facts are undisputed.

By a written instrument dated November 28, 1973, the appellant, Charles M. Keyser, of Marion County, West Virginia, guaranteed the punctual payment of any and all debts or obligations which Hamilton Varadyne Hannibal, Inc. [hereinafter Hamilton], a California corporation, then owed or would owe to General Electric Corporation [hereinafter G.E.]. The guaranty agreement, a form contract prepared by G.E., was executed in Marion County. One…