Legal Opinion
Maldonado v. Puente
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided March 27, 1985No. 04-83-00329-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTU, Justice.
Raul and Maria Maldonado, defendants below, appeal from a post-answer default judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs below, Roberto and Rita Puente.
The Puentes brought suit against the Maldonados in October 1979 alleging default in payment on a real estate lien note executed by the Maldonados in the principal sum of $15,000.00. The Maldonados filed their original answer consisting of a general denial on November 5, 1979. A subsequent amended answer filed on March 17, 1980, raised the defense of failure of consideration. Also filed contemporaneously with the amended…
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