Hade v. Jontz

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of Bureau County to recover damages for failure to pay a promissory note. The trial court sitting without a jury, entered judgment for Defendants from which judgment Plaintiffs have appealed.

Defendants, Barbara and Milford Jontz, husband and wife, indicated to L. D. Spaulding, Jr., an attorney, representing the estate of Mrs. Jontz’s mother, that they wished to buy a house belonging to said estate. The purchase price of the house was established at $13,500 of which the purchasers needed to borrow $8,500. Spaulding through one Charles Mabry,…