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· 4/1/1980

First State Bank, Hickman v. Peterson

Citations

  • 290 N.W.2d 634
  • 205 Neb. 814
  • 28 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 937
  • 1980 Neb. LEXIS 796

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that \[i]t is a general rule of suretyship that a surety is discharged only pro tanto by any wrongful loss or release of security\
  • holding that under § 3-606, “a guarantor who is a party to the instrument is discharged by an unjustifiable impairment of collateral” and that under “a general rule of suretyship,” a surety is “discharged only pro tanto by any wrongful loss or release of security”

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Judges: Boslaugh, McCown, Clinton, Brodkey, White, Hastings, Krivosha

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