Sidran v. Tanenbaum

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered against the appellant Joseph Sidran. The appellee Lawrence Tanenbaum sued for debt on two counts: (1) upon a New York judgment against appellant and (2), in the alternative, upon the promissory note forming the basis of the New York judgment. Appellant in his answer contended that the New York judgment was void because the New York court had no jurisdiction over appellant, and, as to the promissory note, that he had an offset in excess of the amount due thereon. He pled that a corporation known as Tanenbaum Textile Co., Inc.…