MFA INC. v. Dettler

SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

In this suit on a promissory note, the holder of the note, MFA Incorporated, appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant maker, Greg Dettler, entered in accordance with a unanimous jury verdict.

On appeal, MFA claims the trial court erred in (a) allowing prejudicial closing argument by the defendant’s counsel, (b) submitting the defendant’s converse instruction, and (c) refusing to sustain MFA’s post-trial motions which challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

Finding no prejudicial error by the trial court, we affirm.

FACTS

In 1983, the…