BIER PENSION v. SCHNEIERSON


74 N.Y.2d 312 (1989)

Bier Pension Plan Trust, Appellant, v. Estate of Joel Schneierson, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula J. Warmuth and Joseph D. Stim for appellant.

Sandra Gale Behrle and James M. Latimer for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


SIMONS, J.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant, the estate of the surety of one Lieberman, to recover on a guarantee of Lieberman's debt. The estate's answer raised several defenses but on this appeal we are concerned only with the contention that it has been released from its undertaking because plaintiff altered the original contract with Lieberman.

Plaintiff alleges in its complaint that...

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