American National Bank v. Stanfill

Opinion

SARKISIAN, J. *

Introduction

Appellants Gary Stanfill and James Nelson file separate appeals from a judgment in favor of American National Bank and against appellants following the granting of the bank’s motion for summary judgment. Appellants seek reversal of the judgment enforcing appellants’ obligations as makers of a promissory note in favor of payee bank. The appeals have been consolidated. As we explain below, the judgment in favor of the bank must be reversed.

Statement of Facts

In June 1984, Stanfill, Nelson and Mailloux developed a program to assist battered and abused women to be…