Legal Opinion
Dankert v. Lamb Finance Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 3, 1956No. Civ. 21553PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, P. J.
Appeal from judgment on a promissory note..
Respondent Archie H. Dankert sued the Lamb Finance Company and its vice-president, L. L. Poyet,- on a 90-day promissory note in the principal sum of $10,000 signed in the following manner:
Lamb Finance Co.
By (W. A. Angione)
(L. L. Poyet)
As may be seen, the form of the signatures creates an ambiguity as to whether Mrs. Poyet signed in her capacity as an officer of the finance company only or as an individual comaker of the note. The trial court heard evidence of the circumstances surrounding the signing of the instrument in order to clarify this…
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