Legal Opinion
Bank of North America v. Shapiro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 1969PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSteuer, J.
The action is on a written guarantee to the extent of $50,000 of the indebtedness of New Yorker Towers, Ltd. (herein Towers) to the plaintiff bank. The .guarantee was one of several given by the individuals who were financially interested in the corporation. The guarantor sued died during the pendency of the action and his estate is now defending the action.
*466Execution and delivery of the instrument is admitted. It is, however, claimed that defendant’s testator, due to partial 'blindness, was unable to read the instrument and that his lawyer, who undertook to read it to him, materially…
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