TAYLOR OIL CO. v. GIORDANO


210 N.J. Super. 159 (1986)

509 A.2d 269

TAYLOR OIL COMPANY, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN GIORDANO, SR., INDIVIDUALLY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND GIORDANO HEAVY EQUIPMENT CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, SOUTH JERSEY BULK HANDLING CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND JOHN GIORDANO, JR., INDIVIDUALLY, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Gertler & Hanna, attorneys for appellant (Michael T. Mills, on the brief).

Perskie, Nehmad & Grossman, attorneys for respondent (John L. Grossman, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, BILDER and GRUCCIO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

This appeal raises the issue of whether a sole proprietor enjoying the benefit of an ongoing credit relationship with a supplier remains personally liable for debt incurred by his business after its incorporation, absent notice to the trade creditor of the incorporation.

Defendant John Giordano, Sr. appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior...

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