GMAC v. CLIFTON-FINE CENT.


85 N.Y.2d 232 (1995)

647 N.E.2d 1329

623 N.Y.S.2d 821

General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Appellant, v. Clifton-Fine Central School District, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo (Paul K. Stecker of counsel), for appellant.

Belinda A. Wagner, Albany, for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


SMITH, J.

Defendant Clifton-Fine Central School District paid a dealer for two buses even though it had received notice of an assignment of any payment to plaintiff General Motors Acceptance Corp. (GMAC). The principal issue here is whether Uniform Commercial Code § 9-318 (3) renders defendant liable to plaintiff assignee for payment of the two school buses even though it paid the assignor. Since issues...

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