WELLS FARGO BANK v. SCHWARTZ

No. 96641.

2012 Ohio 917

WELLS FARGO BANK, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Stavole , Kimberlie L. Huff , Michael J. Zbiegien, Jr. , Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, 200 Public Square, Suite 3500, Cleveland, OH 44114-2302, Attorneys for Appellants.

Richard A. Freshwater , Thompson Hine, LLP, 127 Public Square, 3900 Key Tower, Cleveland, OH 44114; Scott A. King , Terry W. Posey, Jr. , Thompson Hine, LLP, Austin Landing I, 10050 Innovation Drive, Suite 400, Dayton, OH 45342, Attorneys for Appellee.

William R. Strachan , Strachan, Miller, Olender & Roessler Co., L.P.A., 1940 Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorney for Defendants Abraham Schwartz And Sally Schwartz.

Rebecca Kucera Fischer , Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP, 925 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorney for Defendant Keybank National Association.

BEFORE: Stewart, J., Blackmon, A.J., and E. Gallagher, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal concerns a priority dispute between two lienholders: defendants-appellants Reuven Dessler and Robert Klein and plaintiff-appellee Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Both sides claimed superior liens on a foreclosed residential property owned by defendants Abraham and Sally Schwartz. Wells Fargo indisputably had its lien recorded first, but Dessler and Klein argued that Wells Fargo released...

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