ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Southern Security Federal Credit Union

OPINION

in- which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S. and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

Appellant, the second mortgage holder on the subject property, appeals the trial court’s determination that Appellee held a valid first mortgage on the property, when Appellee’s mortgage was taken under a deed of trust that contained a scrivener’s error that incorrectly identified the property’s lot number. The trial court held that: (1) the scrivener’s error was not fatal to Appellant’s deed of trust as the instrument otherwise clearly identified the property; (2) Appellant’s mortgage was superi- or to Appellee’s;…