Landmark National Bank v. Kesler
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Landmark National Bank v. Kesler is a
Background
In 2004, Boyd Kesler bought a home in
Landmark, the
Decision
The Kansas Supreme Court went on to cite several other case across the nation and stated: "When the role of a servicing agent [MERS] acting on behalf of a mortgagee is thrown into the mix, it is no wonder that it is often difficult for unsophisticated borrowers to be certain of the identity of their lenders and mortgagees." In re Schwartz, 366 B.R. 265, 266 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007) and then cited the Supreme Court of New York (Kings County) that said: "[T]he practices of the various MERS members, including both [the original lender] and [the mortgage purchaser], in obscuring from the public the actual ownership of a mortgage, thereby creating the opportunity for substantial abuses and prejudice to mortgagors . . . , should not be permitted to insulate [the mortgage purchaser] from the consequences of its actions in accepting a mortgage from [the original lender] that was already the subject of litigation in which [the original lender] erroneously represented that it had authority to act as mortgagee." Johnson, 2008 WL 4182397, at *4, 873 N.Y.S.2d 234 (2008).[1]
References
- ^ a b "98489 -- Landmark Nat'l Bank v. Kesler -- Rosen -- Kansas Supreme Court". www.kscourts.org. Archived from the original on September 25, 2009.