PNC Bank, National Ass'n v. Smith

In this mortgage foreclosure case, PNC Bank, National Association, Successor by Merger to National City Mortgage, a Division of National City Bank (“Bank”), challenges the final judgment entered in favor of Appellees following a trial based upon Appellee, Duncan Smith’s, affirmative defense of “unclean hands.” 1 Because the actions of Bank that the trial court found to have constituted unclean hands involved a separate loan that was not the subject of the mortgage foreclosure complaint, we reverse the final judgment and remand for the entry of a final judgment of foreclosure in favor of Bank.

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