SOMSEN MUELLER LOWTHER FRANTA PA v. ESTATES OF OLSEN

Nov 09, 2010

OUTCOME: Reversed. The law firm's attorney's lien filed against decedents' real estate did not have priority for payment as a claim under Minn.Stat. § 524.3-805(a)(1) over Wendover's previously registered mortgage

Appellant mortgagee appeals from summary judgment in favor of respondent law firm, arguing that the district court erred by ruling that respondent's claim against decedents' estates had priority for pa ... yment under Minn.Stat. § 524.3-805(a) (2008) over appellant's previously registered mortgage.