SPECIAL PROPERTY VI LLC v. Woodruff

In this action to quiet title, defendant New Century Mortgage Corporation (New Century) appeals as of right the trial court’s order denying its motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiff. We reverse and remand.

I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Kevin and Robert Lancaster purchased the property at issue here in 1989 and sold the property to James Woods in 1994 under a land contract. After Woods died in 1997 without having completed the contract, the Lancasters agreed to allow Woods’s daughter, Natasha *588Harris, to complete the contract on behalf of…