Kuruvilla v. Red Bay Hospital

This is a promissory note case. After a judgment was rendered against him for the principal and interest due upon the note, the maker of the note, the defendant, has appealed and raises three issues.

I

The defendant is a physician. At considerable expense to Red Bay Hospital (the hospital), he was recruited to relocate his Missouri medical practice to Red Bay, Alabama. When the defendant was at the point of actually moving, he was short of funds and borrowed $6,000 from the hospital to enable him to relocate in Red Bay. He executed a note in the amount of $6,000, payable to the hospital. The…