· 6/24/1971
St. Petersburg Bank & Trust Company v. Bernard L. Boutin, Etc.
Citations
- 445 F.2d 1028
- 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 9328
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “One who reads a written document, or signs it (even without reading it) is bound by its terms.”
- “[S]ince a suretyship obligation is imposed only with the express consent of the promisor, . . . a new contract may not be substituted for the old one without his consent.”
- guarantor entitled to stand on strict terms of his undertaking
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Judges: Brown, Tuttle, Godbold
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