ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Kangah

Sean C. Gallagher, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, Department of Development (“CCDOD”), appeals the decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which determined that the mortgage held by plaintiffappellee, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. (“ABN”), had priority over CCDOD’s mortgage. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

{¶ 2} On July 5, 2000, Jacob Kangah executed a promissory note with First Ohio Mortgage Corporation (“First Ohio”) for $68,916 that was secured by a mortgage on the property at 20617 Libby Road in Maple Heights, Ohio.…