Glew v. Ohio Savings Bank

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

€ 1 In this appeal, Ohio Savings Bank challenges the outcome of a bench trial. Ohio Savings claims that it, as the holder of a $271,000 bridge loan note, was entitled to full payment of the note despite the fact that the makers of the note, James and Joan Nichol, had already directed the payoff proceeds to the soon-to-be-bankrupt FirstPlus Financial, Inc., which had transferred the note to Ohio Savings after originating it. The trial court, however, ruled that the doctrines of equitable estoppel and apparent authority provided legal justification for the Nichols'…