- 12 - trial as required by our Standing Pretrial Order. See Rules 104(c)(2), 131(b). However, even if we had admitted it, the documents show only that Colonial Bank lent Mrs. Chappell $3,550, not that Mrs. Chappell lent petitioner $5,000. Petitioner contends that, from May 1995 to December 1996, his father lent him, and he deposited in his account, a total of about $20,000 to help pay his daughter’s medical bills. He contends that this amount includes loans from his father of $500 a week from about October to December 1995. Petitioner testified that his father endorsed various checks to petitioner from his father’s accounting clients that petitioner deposited into his account beginning around May 1995 (when petitioner and Mrs. Chappell lost their jobs). Petitioner testified that his father gave him client checks in the amounts of $1,050.46 and $500 in June, $110 and $350 in July, $977.74, $513.07, and $100 in September, and $610 and $280 in November 1995 that petitioner deposited into his account. Petitioner’s claim that his father signed over client checks to him is unconvincing, absent corroborating evidence such as testimony from his father or copies of the checks. At trial, petitioner offered into evidence a purported promissory note he signed on the day of trial which states that petitioner agrees to pay $20,000 plus 5 percent simple interest by January 1, 2025. We did not admit the purported note intoPage: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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