Continental Mortgage, Inc. v. Johnson

Continental Mortgage, Inc. (CMI), formerly Creative Financing, Inc. (CFI), sued Rolland C. “Rollie” Johnson, seeking payment of a promissory note in the amount of $214,814.83. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Johnson, and CMI appeals.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

In reviewing a summary judgment, an appellate court views the evidence in a light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment is granted and gives such party the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence. Mendenhall v. Grantzinger, 249 Neb. 847, 546 N.W.2d 775 (1996).

FACTS

In September 1990,…