Legal Opinion
James E. Klapmeier, Jack Dekker, Zaven A. Dadekian, and David S. Wilbourn, as Assignees of Telecheck International, Inc. v. Harry M. Flagg
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1982No. 81-4105PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
This action has been brought by appellants on a promissory note executed by ap-pellee and assigned to appellants by the payee. Jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship. The appeal is taken from summary judgment rendered in favor of appellee. The question presented is whether appellee was entitled to set off debts owed to him by the payee against the amount due on the note. We agree with the District Court that he was.
Telecheck International, Inc. (TCI) was formed in 1963 in the State of Hawaii largely through the efforts of appellee. In 1969 it entered into…
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