Riba v. Pila

The appellant, Sally Riba, challenges the trial court’s final judgments ordering her to pay sums due on certain alleged debts to the appellees, Lena Pila and Salomon Pila. We reverse.

The appellant’s husband, Mendel Riba, received two separate loans in 1980 from his cousins, Salomon and Jack Pila. Appel-lee Lena Pila is Jack Pila’s widow. The appellant’s husband subsequently executed two promissory notes regarding the debts; the appellant did not sign the notes. Although there is evidence that the appellant was “in the house” when one of the oral loan transactions occurred, there is no…