Legal Opinion
C.I.T. Corporation v. Martin A. Janis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1969No. 19281PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
On a complaint charging that appellant Martin A. Janis had authorized some undisclosed party to sign his name to a guaranty to appellee loan corporation that he would pay all the past and future debts of the Kuehmann corporation, aggregating $194,136.13, the District Court found that Martin A. Janis had never authorized anyone to sign his name to such a guaranty; that his signature to the guaranty was forged, but that Martin A. Janis was estopped to assert that his signature had been forged.
Such estoppel was based on the proposition that appellant had a duty…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fourth & Cent. Tr. Co. v. JohnsonOhio Court of Appeals · 1927
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