Supreme Court of Delaware

Where a letter agreement addressed only the early payoff of a promissory note, the contested language did not clearly act as a general release of appellee's other obligations under a different agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/05/2003
• Published 03/10/2003

Judges

• BERGER, Justice., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas R. Hunt, Jr., Esquire (argued), and Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Esquire, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence C. Ashby, Esquire, Richard D. Heins, Esquire (argued), and Joseph C. Handlon, Esquire, of Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, Delaware, and Charles A. Crocco, Jr., Esquire of Crocco & De Maio, P.C., Mount Kisco, New York, Of Counsel, for Appellee.