U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. McCoy

*1117*527In this judicial foreclosure action, defendant appeals an award of summary judgment to plaintiff and raises two assignments of error. In his first assignment, defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to strike the assertion, set forth in a declaration submitted by plaintiff, that plaintiff had possession of defendant's promissory note at the time that it commenced its foreclosure action. Defendant argues that the challenged assertion was inadmissible, because it was not based on the declarant's personal knowledge and because it was hearsay. Defendant further…