Community Credit Center Corp. v. Ortiz

STOULIG, Judge.

Defendants, Luis Ortiz and Carl J. Selen-berg, attorneys, have appealed a judgment holding them individually liable for a $480.60 debt of Matthew Henderson, one of Selenberg’s former clients. It is plaintiff’s position that defendant Ortiz verbally guaranteed payment of the loan from funds received by the law firm in connection with Henderson’s workmen’s compensation claim.

On March 30, 1974, Henderson signed a note for $625.05 payable to plaintiff, Community Credit Center Corporation, which sum was remitted by plaintiff to a furniture dealer who had delivered certain…