KEB Enterprises, L.P. v. Smedley

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment foreclosing a real estate mortgage and quieting title to a portion of the property subject to the mortgage. Several of the parties also cross-appeal the denial of their request for an award of attorney fees. We affirm the district court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 12, 1997, the respondent KEB Enterprises, L.P. (KEB) became the holder of a promissory note and mortgage on a 1063-acre property known as the Keystone Ranch. The mortgage had initially been granted in 1977, and thereafter there had been numerous conveyances of portions…