Court Opinion

ID: 9732358
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:17:57.910159+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:26.460581
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*113KINGSLEY, Acting P. J.
I concur in part and dissent in part:
(1) I concur in the judgment insofar as it affirms the order sustaining the demurrer to counts XI and XIII;
(2) I also concur in the judgment insofar as it reverses the judgment as to count XIV;
(3) However, I dissent from the judgment insofar as it reverses the judgment as to count XII.
The majority opinion omits what I regard as a controlling fact. In his first cause of action (incorporated by references in the 12th cause of action) plaintiff alleges that “Gary Bookasta obtained and delivered, with the consent and authority of the’’’1 14 alleged general partners, the letter which he claims gave rise to the liability of the Ball firm. In my opinion, that allegation defeats plaintiff’s claim that the letter was misleading by omitting essential facts. Whatever doubts the 14 alleged partners may previously have expressed as to their legal status, when they, as alleged, asked the Ball firm to give to plaintiff a letter certifying that they were general partners, the Ball firm was entitled to believe that any earlier doubts had been resolved and, thus, that there was no reason or duty to report to plaintiff the earlier doubts.
Petitions for a rehearing were denied April 26 and 28, 1976. Kingsley, J., was of the opinion that the petition denied on April 28, 1976 should be granted. Respondents’ petitions for a hearing by the Supreme Court were denied June 2, 1976.

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