Legal Opinion
Servaites v. Lowden
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1983No. 13912PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Respondent Lowden seeks to enforce a promissory note that appellant Servaites signed as guarantor. Servaites contends on appeal that numerous actions by Lowden operated to discharge him as guarantor. The district court awarded summary judgment to Lowden on the basis of the guaranty contract. As we believe that the state of the record before the district court made summary judgment improper, we reverse and remand for a full trial on the merits.
THE FACTS
In a promissory note dated October 26, 1976, Joseph O’Rayeh promised to pay respondent Lowden $11,500 plus interest on or before January…
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