Ehman v. Moore

Defendants Louis C. and Eduarda S. Moore appeal from a money judgment for plaintiff John B. Ehman in an action to recover on a promissory note.

Appellants’ sole contention is that the trial court erred in terminating the trial and ordering judgment for respondent before appellants had had an opportunity to complete their defense. Under this general assignment of error, appellants specify that the trial court improperly ruled that the parol evidence rule precluded it from receiving appellants’ proffered evidence bearing upon three separate defenses : (1) that the promissory note sued upon was a…