WILSON COURT v. TONY MARONI'S

No. 64766-6.

952 P.2d 590 (1998)

134 Wash.2d 692

WILSON COURT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Washington limited partnership, Respondent, v. TONY MARONI'S, INC., a Washington corporation; M & R Foods, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Anthony L. Riviera and Jane Doe Riviera, husband and wife, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin, Joseph C. Brown, Jr., Seattle, for Petitioners.

Jameson, Babbitt, Stites & Lombard, Bradley L. Brigham, Seattle, for Respondent.


TALMADGE, Justice.

We must determine in this case if a guaranty of a commercial lease signed by the president of a corporate tenant was enforceable against the president personally, although he signed the guaranty in a representative capacity. We hold a signature on a guaranty with additional words that are descriptio personae generally binds the individual who signed the agreement unless the signature creates an ambiguity as to who is bound. The courts must...

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