MIKULICKA v. BAER


184 N.J. Super. 457 (1982)

446 A.2d 555

STEVEN MIKULICKA, INDIVIDUALLY AND STEVEN ENTERPRISES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS, v. DAVID M. BAER, GIROLAMO GIOMBANCO, IONAB CORPORATION DBA VILLA CARINI RESTAURANT, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND FIRST NATIONAL STATE BANK-EDISON, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Middlesex County.

Decided February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald T. Joworisak for plaintiff (Thomas Sharlow, attorney).

Steven Herman for defendant David M. Baer (Mandell & Shur, attorneys).

Eliot H. Gourvitz for defendant Girolamo Giombanco (Selesky, Kolsky, Gourvitz & Epstein, attorneys).

Glenn Roth for defendant Ionab Corporation (Roth & Elkinson, attorneys).

Victor A. Deutch for defendant First National State Bank-Edison (Stuart G. Brecher on brief; Ravin, Davis & Sweet, attorneys).


COHEN, J.S.C.

These cross-motions for summary judgment present a priority contest between the secured seller of a restaurant and the bank that helped to finance the buyer. Central to resolution of the contest are questions of the validity and effect of the refusal by the Secretary of State to file the seller's financing statement.

The seller owned a bar and lounge. He contracted to sell it to the buyer for $145,000, of which $109,000 was to be paid in installments...

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