Legal Opinion
Leasefirst v. Decot Bros.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided October 24, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff, a Michigan corporation, to enforce a $62,131.27 default judgment entered against the defendants by the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Michigan.
Defendant Decot Bros., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, failed to make payments under a written equipment lease executed with the plaintiff. Defendant Brian Decot, President of Decot Bros., Inc., signed a personal guaranty of the corporation’s payment and performance under the lease.
The defendants answered in the present action by way of affirmative defense that the Michigan court lacked jurisdiction…
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