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Commercial Law Keyed to Zierdt, 1st Ed.
Northwestern National Insurance Co. v. Maggio
Citation:
976 F.2d 320, UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 808 (1992)Facts
In 1981, Anthony Maggio purchased a limited partnership interest in a venture created by a former astronaut to develop an optoelectronic scanner for perimeter security. As consideration, Maggio gave the partnership a non-interest-bearing promissory note for $55,000, maturing on October 31, 1990. The partnership negotiated the note to a venture-capital company, which then negotiated it to Goldman Sachs. In 1988, Goldman Sachs sold the note, along with other limited partners’ notes, to Northwestern National Insurance Company at a 50% discount. When the note matured in 1990, Northwestern demanded full payment from Maggio, who refused, claiming he was induced to purchase the partnership interest through fraud. The note specified that disputes would be resolved under Arizona law.
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