Waters v. White
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the payee against the makers, to recover the amount of a promissory note, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the court, Coats, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant Linda H. White for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
The defendants, Weston L. White and Linda H. White, are husband and wife. The complaint alleges that they signed and delivered to the plaintiff the note in suit, which at maturity they did not pay.
The husband filed no answer in the case. The wife filed -an answer in which, while admitting the making, delivery and nonpayment of the note as alleged in the complaint, she alleged that it was given wholly without consideration on her part, and further, that it was obtained from her by threats, intimidation and duress. This the plaintiff denied.
The material facts found are these : On the 16th of…
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