Housing, Inc. v. Weaver

MITCHELL, Justice.

The plaintiff brought suit seeking, inter alia, to have a note declared void as the product of economic duress. The defendant counterclaimed for the value of the note, plus other damages. The jury found the plaintiff’s defenses to liability under the note not to exist, yet awarded the defendant no damages. Following trial, the court set aside the verdict and the judgment it had entered thereon, and entered judgment for the amount of the note plus other liquidated damages. The plaintiff contends that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s judgment. For the…