ORDER

AND NOW, this 8th day of September, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, but LIMITED to the Mowing issue:

1. Whether a personal guaranty, signed by a general partner and pledged pursuant to a loan transaction regarding the partnership, is surplusage or a nullity, where the general partner who signed the guaranty is also a signatory to a note given by the partnership in connection with the loan transaction.