Wetzel

Bank of Italy v. Wetzel

Good Law
1927 Cal. App. LEXIS 684·82 Cal. App. 240·255 P. 254
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 8, 1927Docket No. 5370.California2,402 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Tyleb, J.

— Action on a promissory note given for the sum of $5,600. The case was tried without a jury. The findings in effect determined that the defenses interposed were true and judgment followed in favor of defendants.

At the opening of the trial plaintiff moved for judgment on the pleadings. The motion was denied. Appellant here claims, first, that the lower court erred in its denial of the motion for the reason that all the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint were admitted and the affirmative defenses relied upon in the answer were legally insufficient to base any judgment in favor of defendants. Appellant’s next and main contention is that the evidence is insufficient to support the findings. We will discuss the objections in the order stated. The complaint alleges, in substance, that defendants executed and delivered their promissory note for the sum of $5,600, with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum. The note itself is not set forth in the pleadings. It then recites that no part of said note has been paid except the sum of $3,950.01, and that there is now due, owing, and unpaid, with interest, the sum of $1,812.30, for which sum judgment is prayed. The answer is by…

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