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Promissory Notes: Enforceability
Staff Report//January 29, 2019//
Where plaintiffs sought a declaration that promissory notes were unenforceable, and the defendant counterclaimed seeking recovery on the notes, the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings to the plaintiffs is affirmed based on the appellate court’s review of the parties’ briefs, the record and applicable legal principles.
Judgment is affirmed.
Hartke v. Waldner (MLW No. 72619/Case No. 17-3685 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. (Unpublished)
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