Chase Home Finance, LLC v. Autrey

Chase Home .Finance, LLC (“Chase”), appeals an order dismissing its mortgage foreclosure complaint without prejudice and an order denying rehearing following the dismissal. Finding that, Chase was prejudiced by differing rulings at and after a non-jury trial of the case (because of the reassignment of the case to a different judge), and that the dismissal.was erroneous, we reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.

The five-year procedural history of the case in the trial court is convoluted, but can be distilled to the following pertinent points. Ms. Autrey and others obtained a…