Kremer v. Black Hills Dude Ranch & Development Co.

This appeal raises questions as to whether or not the promissory note of the defendant husband and wife, made and delivered to the plaintiff at a time when the defendant husband was in jail on a criminal complaint instigated by plaintiff, was invalid for want of consideration and because consent to the obligation was obtained through duress. The circuit court found that there was adequate consideration and that the note was not signed through coercion. The record supports such findings and so we affirm the judgment entered below against defendants who brought the appeal.

The appellant husband…