SUNSET INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. SARGENT

No. 8018SC901.

278 S.E.2d 558 (1981)

SUNSET INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. Murray SARGENT, Jr., Eberhard H. Rohm, and Frans J. J. Van Heemstra, Trustees for Alwin Weber and Gateway Bank.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatfield & Kinlaw by Kathryn K. Hatfield and Vance C. Kinlaw, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gabriel, Berry & Harris by M. Douglas Berry, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.


WELLS, Judge.

The dispositive question in this lawsuit is whether the letter of credit issued by defendant Bank dated 13 November 1978 in favor of defendants S, R, and V is a "clean" credit, requiring no documentation for honor and payment; or, whether it is a "documentary" credit, requiring documentation for honor and payment.

A brief, general discussion of the nature and use of letters of credit may help clarify our task.1 Letters...

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