Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Boswell

Dinkelacker, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, L’Karron Freeman, appeals the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. The court found that Freeman’s judgment lien on one-half of the property owned by defendants Alter and Lynder Boswell was junior to Deutsche Bank’s mortgage lien on the same property. We find some merit in Freeman’s sole assignment of error. Consequently, we affirm the trial court’s judgment in part and reverse it in part.

I. Facts and Procedure

{¶ 2} On August 29, 2005, Deutsche Bank filed a…