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Harkey (Harkey). On 2 April 1990, plaintiff moved for summary judgment. Plaintiff\u2019s motion was allowed on 20 July 1990 and judgment was entered against defendants in the amount of $40,094.97. Defendants appeal.\nIn support of its motion for summary judgment, plaintiff filed the affidavit of W. Hugh Black, vice president of plaintiff bank. Black\u2019s affidavit states in part:\n3. That the Plaintiff Bank\u2019s loan file relating to Educational Consultants, Inc. contains the original loan documents which include inter alia-, (a) An Unconditional Guaranty Agreement dated July 11, 1986, having been executed by Catherine Harkey, a true copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit \u201cA\u201d (and to the Complaint also as Exhibit \u201cA\u201d); and (b) A Negotiable Promissory Note dated September 5, 1989 in the principal amount of $37,598.54, having been executed by Catherine A. Harkey in her capacity as President of Educational Consultants, Inc., a true copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit \u201cB\u201d (and to the Complaint also as Exhibit \u201cB\u201d).\n4. That no payments of principal and/or interest have been made pursuant to the terms of the underlying Note and on account of this default he instructed the law firm of Turner, Enochs, Sparrow, Boone & Falk, P.A. of Greensboro, North Carolina to send demand letters to the Defendants. A true copy of the demand letter sent to Educational Consultants, Inc. is attached hereto as Exhibit \u201cC.\u201d A true copy of the demand letter sent to Catherine A. Harkey, as guarantor, is attached hereto as Exhibit \u201cD.\u201d A true copy of a follow-up demand letter is attached as Exhibit \u201cE.\u201d\n5. That he has personal knowledge of the outstanding balance owed to the Plaintiff by Defendants as a result of their default and that sum is as follows:\nPrincipal $37,598.54\nInterest to March 28, 1990 2,496.43\nTotal $40,094.97*\n*Per diem interest accrues from and after March 28, 1990 at the rate of $12.36 per day (Triad Bank\u2019s prime lending rate plus 2\u00b0/o to float with said prime)[.]\nExhibits A through E, as referred to in the affidavit, were filed with the affidavit.\nIn opposition to plaintiff\u2019s motion for summary judgment, defendant Harkey submitted an affidavit which states in pertinent part:\n4. On June 25, 1986, Catherine A. Harkey and Associates took out a $25,000 loan from Triad Bank, $10,000 of which was for operating capital and $15,000 towards the purchase of a 1986 BMW, Serial No. WBADK8300G9660371 (which had a total purchase price of $26,000). The negotiable promissory note signed by me as president of Catherine A. Harkey and Associates is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as defendant\u2019s Exhibit A. Attached hereto incorporated herein by reference as defendant\u2019s Exhibit B is the June 30, 1986 bank statement from Triad Bank of Catherine A. Harkey and Associates. Exhibit B reflects that the proceeds from the $25,000 loan evidenced by Exhibit A were deposited to my business account of June 25, 1986.\n5. On June 30,1986,1 wrote two separate checks to Crown Pontiac on the aforesaid business account totalling $15,000. (See Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.) The $15,000, plus a second party check endorsed by me to Crown Pontiac on July 8 for $11,000 constituted full payment for the 1986 BMW referenced in paragraph 4 above. (Crown automobile receipts are attached hereto as Exhibit D.)\n6. Nevertheless, on July 14, 1986, I was called to Triad Bank where I was informed by Mr. Hugh Black that I needed [to sign a] note and security agreement attached hereto as Exhibit E [in order] to \u201cclear up the paperwork\u201d regarding the car loan referenced in paragraph 4 above. The instant litigation includes both the $25,000 note taken by me on June 25 and the July 14, .1986 note for $15,000, although I never requested or received the $15,000 reflected on Exhibit E. Thus plaintiff is suing me twice for the single car loan of $15,000.\nExhibits A through E, as referred to in defendant Harkey\u2019s affidavit, were filed with the affidavit.\nPlaintiff then filed Black\u2019s supplemental affidavit in support of plaintiff\u2019s motion for summary judgment. This affidavit states that the notes for $15,000.00 and for $25,000.00 are not related to the present case. He further states that the note for $25,000.00 was paid in February, 1987, and that the note for $15,000.00 was paid in August, 1988.\nThe only issue on appeal is whether defendants\u2019 evidence in opposition to plaintiff\u2019s motion for summary judgment establishes a genuin\u00e9 issue of material fact such that plaintiff was not entitled to judgment.\nSummary judgment \u201cshall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that any party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.\u201d N.C.R. Civ. P. 56(c); Martin v. Ray Lackey Enterprises, 100 N.C. App. 349, 353, 396 S.E.2d 327, 330 (1990). The party moving for summary judgment has the burden of showing there is no genuine issue of material fact and that he is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Cheek v. Poole, 98 N.C. App. 158, 162, 390 S.E.2d 455, 458, disc. rev. denied, 327 N.C. 137, 394 S.E.2d 169 (1990). When plaintiff is the movant,\nhe must establish that all of the facts on all of the essential elements of his claim are in his favor and that there is no genuine issue of material fact with respect to any one of the essential elements of his claim. In other words, the party must establish his claim beyond any genuine dispute with respect to any of the material facts.\nSteel Creek Development Corp. v. James, 300 N.C. 631, 637, 268 S.E.2d 205, 209 (1980).\nHere, the movant\u2019s (plaintiffs) evidence includes the unconditional guaranty agreement executed by defendant Harkey, as well as a promissory note in the amount of $37,598.54, dated 5 September 1989 and executed by Harkey as president of Educational Consultants, Inc. The note states that it is \u201cpayable in full 45 days after date on October 20, 1989 . . . .\u201d In his affidavit, executed 28 March 1990, plaintiff\u2019s vice president states that the note is in default in that no payments have been paid on the note, and that principal plus interest total an outstanding balance of $40,094.97.\nIn opposition, defendants\u2019 evidence, in the form of Harkey\u2019s affidavit, states that the source of the debt at issue is a loan made by plaintiff to defendant Educational Consultants, Inc. in June of 1986. Harkey states that the loan was only in the amount of $25,000.00, and that plaintiff later requested that Harkey, as president of Educational Consultants, Inc., execute a promissory note in the amount of $15,000.00. Harkey further states that the \u201cinstant litigation includes both [the] $25,000.00 note . . . and the . . . note for $15,000.00,\u201d though she never \u201creceived the $15,000.00\nThe supplemental affidavit of plaintiff\u2019s vice president states only that the instant litigation has nothing to do with the $25,000.00 and $15,000.00 notes, and that these notes, as shown by the documentary evidence, have already been paid in full.\nPlaintiff contends defendants\u2019 assertion that they never received the $15,000.00 is an affirmative defense of failure of consideration and, as such, Harkey could not assert this defense in opposition to plaintiff\u2019s motion for summary judgment because she did not raise the defense in her answer. We reject this argument. Our case law holds \u201cthat unpleaded affirmative defenses raised by evidence adduced at the hearing . . . [can] be considered in opposition to a motion for summary judgment.\u201d Dickens v. Puryear, 302 N.C. 437, 442, 276 S.E.2d 325, 329 (1981), citing Bank v. Gillespie, 291 N.C. 303, 230 S.E.2d 375 (1976); Cooke v. Cooke, 34 N.C. App. 124, 237 S.E.2d 323 (1977).\nDefendants\u2019 evidence in opposition to plaintiff\u2019s motion for summary judgment establishes a genuine issue of material fact as to the amount of the debt. Accordingly, plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment.\nReversed and remanded.\nJudges Phillips and Parker concur.", "type": "majority", "author": "GREENE, Judge." } ], "attorneys": [ "Turner, Enochs, Sparrow, Boone & Falk, P.A., by Peter Chastain, for plaintiff-appellee.", "McCall & James, by Randolph M. James and M. Lee Decker, for defendant-appellants." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "TRIAD BANK, Plaintiff v. EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS, INC. and CATHERINE A. HARKEY, Defendants\nNo. 9018SC1038\n(Filed 16 July 1991)\nBills and Notes \u00a7 20 |NCI3d)\u2014 action on a note \u2014 amount of debt-summary judgment for plaintiff \u2014 improper\nPlaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment in an action on a note for $40,094.97 where defendants\u2019 evidence was that the loan was only in the amount of $25,000, that plaintiff later requested that defendant Harkey execute a promissory note in the amount of $15,000, that she never received the $15,000, and that this litigation includes both notes. Defendants\u2019 evidence establishes a genuine issue of material fact as to the amount of the debt.\nAm Jur 2d, Bills and Notes \u00a7\u00a7 244, 1150, 1151.\nAppeal by defendants from judgment entered 20 July 1990 in GUILFORD County Superior Court by Judge W. Steven Allen. Heard in the Court of Appeals 11 April 1991.\nTurner, Enochs, Sparrow, Boone & Falk, P.A., by Peter Chastain, for plaintiff-appellee.\nMcCall & James, by Randolph M. James and M. Lee Decker, for defendant-appellants." }, "file_name": "0483-01", "first_page_order": 513, "last_page_order": 518 }