Vanoski v. Thomson

SUBSTITUTE OPINION

The Court’s prior opinion, dated February 3, 1988, is hereby withdrawn.

SWANSTROM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court holding a debtor liable on a promissory note. We are presented with two questions: whether the district court erred in admitting parol evidence of the intent of the parties to a transaction releasing a security for the debt; and whether the obligees on the note were estopped from seeking to collect the debt by virtue of having signed documents purporting not only to release the underlying security but also to discharge the debt…