BRIGHTON, INC. v. COLONIAL FIRST NAT'L BANK


86 N.J. 259 (1981)

430 A.2d 902

BRIGHTON, INC.; 33 ABERDEEN ROAD, INC.; SYLVANIA APARTMENTS, INC.; SHARK RIVER GARDENS, INC.; RAVINE APARTMENTS, INC.; TREE HAVEN, INC.; RIVER BEND APARTMENTS, INC.; BIJOU VILLA; TEDDY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.; 60 MONMOUTH PARK HIGHWAY CORPORATION; PLANNED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.; ROBERT M. KAYE T/A CLIFTON ARMS APARTMENTS; ROBERT M. KAYE T/A FARMINGDALE GARDENS APARTMENTS AND PRC MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. COLONIAL FIRST NATIONAL BANK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AND THE CENTRAL JERSEY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY; NEW JERSEY NATIONAL BANK AND JERSEY SHORE BANK, DEFENDANTS. COLONIAL FIRST NATIONAL BANK, THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. AVENEL REALTY COMPANY AND NORMAN HIRSCHFIELD, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Nolan argued the cause for appellants (Nolan, Bell & Moore, attorneys; Steven L. Strelitz, on the brief).

Richard S. Miller argued the cause for respondent (Williams, Caliri, Miller, Otley & Horn, attorneys).


PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 176 N.J.Super. 101 (1980).

HANDLER, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part.

We are confronted in this petition for certification with the paradoxical but narrow issue of whether and under what circumstances a bank, known in the terminology of the Uniform Commercial Code as a...

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