Hall v. Lilly’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Lilly testified that after the separation, he paid $700.00 to Johnson each month for "child support," and that she agreed to make the loan payments. Lilly further testified that he * * * did not know that Johnson had stopped making payments for the $36,000 note. Lilly's mother testified that Johnson had informed her that the Halls told Johnson to stop making the loan payments. Johnson denied making that statement. Johnson acknowledged receiving a monthly payment * * * from Lilly. Johnson also testified that although she stopped making the loan payments because she did not have enough money, she never informed Lilly that she was not paying the loan.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 697 So. 2d 676 - Hall v. Lilly

2. “Here, the Halls loaned money and obtained promissory notes. The debtors stopped paying in 1991 and the following year the Halls filed suit on the defaulted notes. Whatever their motive, there is no evidence that they used the process to gain a result not proper under the law. The object of the Halls' suit was to gain recognition of the mortgage and collect a debt. There is nothing illegal about this object. 27,891 at p. 4, 666 So.2d at 1332 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 697 So. 2d 676 - Hall v. Lilly