CHAPLIN v. ESTATE OF COOKE

No. AP-335.

432 So.2d 778 (1983)

Charles G. CHAPLIN, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Joanne H. COOKE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell H. Showalter, Jr. of Duszlak & Showalter, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Aaron K. Bowden, Jacksonville, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Chaplin appeals from a final judgment finding him liable on a promissory note, and contends the trial judge erred in finding the statute of limitations had not run on the note. We agree and reverse.

On November 15, 1972, Chaplin executed a promissory note to his ex-wife who, at the time of her death, was known as Joanne H. Cooke. The note was in the amount of $30,000, payable in three equal annual principal installments of $10,000 each plus...

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