Markham v. Gottsegen

KANNER, Judge (Ret.).

Sanford Gottsegen, plaintiff-appellee, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Pinellas County on an Ohio judgment recovered against defendants-appellants, Ethel M. Markham and E. A. Markham, founded on a cognovit promissory note in the principal sum of $20,000 which the Markhams had executed on March 20, 1928. Both parties moved for summary judgment; and the court, denying the motion of the Markhams, rendered summary judgment for Gottsegen in the sum of $81,793.54.

By his amended complaint, Gottsegen averred that Union Properties, Inc., on May 12, 1941, obtained a judgment…