Sooter v. Magic Lantern, Inc.

HOLSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Dean Sooter and his wife, Dorothy Sooter, filed suit based on a promissory note of Magic Lantern, Inc. The note was in the principal sum of $16,000. Following a jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $2,191.35 principal, $666.54 interest, and $2,000 for the cost of collection. The plaintiffs appeal.

Two points are raised on appeal. The first point is that the trial court erred in giving an instruction which submitted the defense of lack of consideration to the jury. In their second point, plaintiffs allege that the trial court…