Bealkowski v. Powers

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment, entered upon a trial by the court without a jury, confirming and sustaining a judgment by confession. The judgment note, upon which judgment was confessed, was given by defendants to plaintiff, dated November 13, 1934, due in five years, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. Judgment was for the sum of $375.50, consisting of $250 principal, $62.50 interest, and $45 attorney’s fees.

The defense offered was that the note was taken in contravention of plaintiff’s agreement with the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (Consent to Take…