Legal Opinion
Godino v. Cleanthes
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 27, 1995No. 93-580PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Plaintiffs James and Florence Godino, Florida residents, appeal a Windham Superior Court order dissolving an ex parte writ of attachment and dismissing their action to collect on a promissory note for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant, Marilyn Cleanthes. We reverse.
Defendant, along with her estranged husband, gave plaintiffs an unsecured promissory note in the amount of $20,000. They executed the note in New York state in 1988. After separating from her husband, defendant moved to a house she owns in Wardsboro, Vermont, where she lived for several years. Believing defendant lived…
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