Sartain v. Fidelity Financial Services, Inc.

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This case involves the competing interests of the parties in a tract of real property. Elmer Sartain appeals from a decision of the district court, affirming a magistrate’s judgment deciding that the respondent, Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. (Fidelity), was entitled to satisfaction of a lien on property previously owned by Sartain. Sartain argues that Fidelity’s lien was inferior to his ownership interest in the property. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the district court’s decision upholding the magistrate’s judgment.

The essential facts of this case are as…