PLEIN v. LACKEY

No. 72560-8.

67 P.3d 1061 (2003)

149 Wash.2d 214

Paul PLEIN, Respondent, v. Chester LACKEY and Lee Cameron, Jane Doe Cameron, and their marital community, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 17, 2003.

As Amended on Denial of Reconsideration June 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belcher Swanson Lackey Doran Lewis, et al., John Belcher, Bellingham, for Petitioners.

John Mills, Tacoma, for Respondent.

Betts Patterson & Mines, Thomas F. Peterson, Seattle, as amicus curiae on behalf of Washington Land Title Ass'n.


MADSEN, J.

Lee Cameron signed a promissory note both in his corporate capacity and individually, secured by a deed of trust, to purchase property from Sunset Investments for his corporation, Alpen Group, Inc. Later, Cameron paid off the Sunset note. He then sought to enforce the instrument and foreclose the deed of trust when Alpen defaulted. He claims he signed the note as an accommodation party and was therefore entitled to foreclose. We agree. We also agree that...

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