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Practical Expertise For Complex Business Litigation And Transactions
Trent Bond successfully tried a case on behalf of a lender that was insured under a policy of title insurance, where the mortgage or deed of trust was lost and the borrower had claimed he had not signed the deed of trust, although he had accepted the loan funds. ...
Sarah Holdener recently presented at a continuing education seminar on Legal Descriptions, Title Insurance and Surveys in Real Estate Transactions for NBI Seminars in Clayton, Missouri. Contact Sarah if you would like a copy of her presentation materials.
Bill Sauerwein successfully represented numerous homeowners at a trial concerning the validity of subdivision restrictions that imposed obligations on homeowners to pay dues to a privately owned country club.
The Southern District of Missouri Court of Appeals issued its opinion in favor of Bill Sauerwein’s client, Treadwell Enterprises, Inc., in a case filed originally in Greene County, Missouri – The Bank of Missouri vs. South Creek Properties, LLC, et. al. There, former...
In a case of first impression in Illinois, the Appellate Court for the Second District of Illinois has determined that a mortgage made by an entity lacking authorization to conduct business under the Residential Mortgage License Act (205 ILCS 635/1-1 et seq.) is void...
Illinois recently amended Section 720 ILCS 5/32-13 of the Illinois Criminal Code to create a felony level offense resulting from the creation of a cloud on title that either (a) has a value in excess of $10,000, or (b) results from a second or subsequent offense, due...
On behalf of an insured lender, Trent Bond obtained a favorable judgment following a bench trial, reforming a deed of trust and establishing lien priority. At issue was the borrower’s dispute of her intent to encumber the entirety of her property and her contest over...
Sarah Holdener has secured judgment on behalf of a bank client establishing the senior priority of its refinancing deed of trust, where another lender had initially agreed, but failed, to issue a subordination of its own deed of trust.
A judgment obtained by Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond on behalf of a group of homeowners has been affirmed by the Missouri Court of Appeals. In issuing its lengthy opinion, the court of appeals held that correction of the homeowners’ vesting deeds was permitted and...
Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client in a case filed in Western District of the Federal District of Missouri concerning the sales proceeds from several tracts of Boone County commercial real estate. The action by filed by an estate sought to declare...
