Legal Opinion
Gaffin v. Heymann
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 23, 1981No. 78-436-AppealPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This is a suit on a promissory note that bears the signature of the defendant, Paul Heymann (Heymann). The place where Heymann’s signature appears presents a somewhat novel question. Heymann is before us on an appeal from a judgment entered against him subsequent to a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court.
The record indicates that in the latter part of 1967, plaintiff Benjamin Gaffin (Gaffin) was persuaded to lend his son, Erwin, and Heymann’s son, Michael, $10,000 so that the sons could open and operate a travel agency in Massachusetts. The business did not…
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