I have long been researching quiet title actions against lenders who have placed MERS as the beneficiary on a deed of trust, and where the note has been separated from the deed of trust as the lender sells the note to another party or stream of additional parties through the securitization process. When MERS is listed as the beneficiary or nominee of the lender and the deed of trust states that only the actual true lender has the ability...read more »
A Quiet Title Lawsuit is known under common law as a suit in equity and is filed for the purpose of establishing the rightful ownership of a piece of real property such as a parcel of land or a home. The need to file a quiet title lawsuit results from situations where there are multiple parties who are claiming rightful ownership of the same piece of land or the same house. And in the case of this article a...read more »
Suing for quiet title, winning the MERS shell game A shell game pre-supposes a gamer and the gamed. The gamed here, I would suggest, are the judges. At this point, mostly lower circuit court judges and US district court judges. The gamer? Well, we all know its the banks. The banks have sold all of these notes into securitized trusts. MERS is the shell (or shells). MERS is owned by the banks. MERS was created as the “New national...read more »
