Northern Ohio Bank v. Ket Associates, Inc.

The plaintiff commenced this action in circuit court seeking to enforce certain Ohio judgments against the defendants. From summary judgment of $656,931.71 in the plaintiffs favor the defendants appeal as of right.

The plaintiffs complaint alleged that the Ohio judgments against the defendants remained unsatisfied and it prayed for entry of a judgment in this state. The defendants answered, simply denying each of the plaintiffs allegations, and asserting an affirmative defense that underlying the Ohio judgments were cognovit notes and that such notes are illegal in Michigan, hence, not…