Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. U.N. Kee Wing

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, (“Appellant”) appeals the trial court’s involuntary dismissal of its action for foreclosure and reestablishment of a lost promissory note at the close of its case-in-chief at trial. Based on the principles that we must apply when reviewing a trial court’s consideration of a motion for involuntary dismissal, we are constrained to reverse the final order.

This case began when the original lender filed a one-count complaint against the borrower to foreclose upon the mortgage that it held on the borrower’s real property. The lender attached to its complaint a copy of the…