Legal Opinion
Estate of Waters v. Hoadley
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1970No. 1169PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
On October 6, 1961, the appellees executed a note and mortgage in favor of Jack A. McDonnell and Bernice E. McDonnell on certain property owned by ap-pellees. The trial court found that this note and mortgage were procured by Ronald Waters through duress exerted against the Hoadleys. At the time these instruments were executed, the Hoadleys did not know who the McDonnells were, but assumed they were either fictitious persons or straw-men acting on behalf of Waters. Actually Waters used the note and mortgage to settle certain financial obligations between himself and the…
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