ALEXANDER, Justice.
We granted review of a decision of the Court of Appeals to the effect that lessors in a long-term ground lease who subordinated their interest in the leased land to a lending institution, in order to assist the lessee in securing financing for improvements to the leasehold, are, as a matter of law, sureties for the lessee. We reverse the Court of Appeals, concluding that the lessors, under the facts of this case, are principals and not sureties...
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