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AMERICAN OIL CO. v. VALENTI

179 Conn. 349 (1979)

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY v. JOHN VALENTI ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor P. Fasano, for the appellant (defendant James Valenti).

Madeleine F. Grossman, with whom, on the brief, was Jeremy G. Zimmerman, for the appellee (plaintiff).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, PETERS and HEALEY, JS.

PETERS, J.

This case concerns the liability of a surety on a negotiable promissory note and a simultaneous contract of guaranty. When the principal debtor, John Valenti, refused to make certain payments alleged to be due to the plaintiff, American Oil Company (hereinafter "Amoco"), the plaintiff brought suit against John Valenti, his wife Dorothy Valenti, and his father James Valenti, the present defendant. The suit against John Valenti and Dorothy Valenti was nonsuited...

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