Stern v. Cox

Harry Stern, the deceased, loaned money to John Cox, his granddaughter’s husband, on two separate occasions. After Harry Stern’s death, Kenneth Stern, his son and executor of his estate in New York, demanded payment of these loans together with accrued interest. The Coxes, Florida residents, filed suit in Florida seeking a declaratory judgment adjudicating the two promissory note obligations unenforceable. In support of the jurisdictional allegations of the complaint, John Cox filed his own sworn affidavit. Kenneth Stern filed affidavits contesting the jurisdictional allegations of the…