Legal Opinion
Fishman v. LaSalle National Bank
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 2001No. 00-2032PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This case was brought in the district court to interpret a note whose prepayment terms were poorly drafied. The note, in the amount of $5.4 million for a period of years, was issued in 1991 by One Needham Place Realty Trust (the “borrower”) to Confederation Life Insurance Company. It is now owned by LaSalle National Bank (the “holder”). A loan agreement reflected in a loan commitment letter preceded the note. The note was later modified but only to extend the term of the loan.
The note permitted prepayment but required the borrower to pay a “prepayment premium” for the…
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