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J.R. Hale Contracting Co v. United New Mexico Bank at Albuquerque
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The company had been a customer of the bank for about eleven years prior to the circumstances that gave rise to this suit. The note was executed in November 1982 in the amount of $400,000. The first interest payment on the note was due March 1, 1983. Toward the end of February 1983, J.R. and Bruce Hale, on behalf of the company, approached the bank to borrow additional funds to cover contracting expenses associated with construction at the Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque. The bank called a meeting and presented the Hales with a letter stating that all amounts due on the $400,000 revolving line of credit were due and payable immediately. J.R. Hale produced a blank check and offered to pay the delinquent interest charges but the bank would not reconsider. The bank was able to collect the balance of the note after exercising its right to set off the company’s accounts at the bank and after receiving payments from the company’s customers on their outstanding accounts.
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