West Side Bank v. Marine National Exchange Bank

Were West Side’s affidavits in support of summary judgment defective for lack of personal knowledge

Marine alleges on this appeal that West Side’s affidavits are on their face defective for they purport to state the internal procedures of Marine that would only be known to an officer or employee of Marine. This court *666has uniformly held that affidavits made by persons who do not have personal knowledge are insufficient and will be disregarded 1 and that affidavits made only on the basis of the affiant’s information and belief fail to establish evidentiary facts, and mere assertions of ultimate…