Legal Opinion
Crown Life Insurance v. LaBonte
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 1983No. 81-1955PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeilfuss, C.J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff in an action to enforce a guaranty.
The action was commenced by the Crown Life Insurance Company (Crown) against Jack LaBonte demanding $45,000 pursuant to a contractual guaranty. The guaranty was executed as part of a $180,000 loan made by Crown to Diversified Holdings, Inc. (Diversified). The promissory note executed on June 15, 1971, was originally between Diversified and Richter-Schroeder *29Company, Inc., Crown’s loan correspondent, and was secured by a mortgage on an apartment building. Richter-Schroeder lent the $180,000…
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