Citizens State Bank v. Richart

This cause came on to be heard upon appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio.

This timely appeal follows the trial court's denial of appellants’ motion for a new trial.

On May 14,1976, appellants Robert P. and Wilma M. Richart executed a note to appellee, in the amount of $150,000, which was secured by a mortgage on appellants’ Hamilton County residence, and by 50.97 acres of development land bordering East Fork Lake owned by appellants. Appellants subsequently failed to make payments and the note was in serious default. In 1978, Thomas Behrens, the president of ap-pellee…