Fridenmaker v. Valley National Bank of Arizona

OPINION

OGG, Presiding Judge.

James M. Fridenmaker, his wife Lorena, Henry C. Fridenmaker and his wife Bonnie (Fridenmaker) appeal from a directed verdict in favor of defendant appellee Valley National Bank (Bank). On appeal from a directed verdict this court views the evidence and all reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to appellant. Hudlow v. American Estate Life Insurance, 22 Ariz.App. 246, 526 P.2d 770 (1974) ; Heth v. Del Webb’s Highway Inn, 102 Ariz. 330, 429 P.2d 442 (1967). Guided by that concept the relevant facts are:

Fridenmaker began dealing with the Bank in 1949. A line…