Kasputis v. Blystone

CHRISTLEY, P.J.,

On July 18, 1988, appellee Edward Kasputis initiated an action on a cognovit note in the Ashtabula Court of Common Pleas. This action was filed against the maker of the note, appellant Gerald Blystone, and the two original payees, Kaino and Milford Wheeler. The complaint alleged that appellee had been assigned the note after a series of transactions and that the amount owed was past due.

A copy of the cognovit note was attached to the complaint. Dated October 6, 1977, the note provided that appellant promised to pay the Wheelers the sum of $25,000 in four years, with interest…