Golber v. BayBank Valley Trust Co.

Although there are essentially two parties in this appeal, there were three participants in the underlying commercial triangle. The now silent party was D & W Architectural Woodworking Corporation (D & W), a troubled, but allegedly venerable, enterprise which produced architectural woodworking, store and bank fixtures and shelving, and automated teller *257machine and other interactive environments. By November, 1992, the defendant, BayBank Valley Trust Company (BayBank or bank), had provided financial support to D & W in the form of notes and a line of credit totaling nearly $500,000. But D & W…