Rotelli v. Catanzaro

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case illustrates the problems that can arise when documents executed in the course of a single transaction are discordant. A promissory note and a disbursement agreement, both signed in conjunction with the sale of a partnership, reflected conflicting understandings of when the promissory note became payable. The trial justice granted summary judgment to the plaintiff, Peter J. Rotelli, and the defendant, Robert S. Catan-zaro, appealed to this Court. Because we conclude that the two instruments are ambiguous on the critical question of whether the promissory…