West Trinity Properties, Ltd. v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp.

OPINION

WILLIAM J. CORNELIUS, Justice (Retired).

This case involves the priority of hens against residential real estate. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation was awarded summary judgment in the trial court, and West Trinity Properties, Ltd. appeals. We affirm the judgment.

The summary judgment evidence is undisputed. On April 25, 1997, Franklin D. Brooks purchased a house and lot in the Greene Addition of Duncanville and executed and delivered a ■ purchase money note in the principal sum of $89,264.00 to Sun West Mortgage Company. Both Franklin Brooks and his wife, Mildred Brooks, signed a deed…