Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 13, 2009No. A08-397PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.
This case comes to us as a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The reformulated question is:
Where an entity, such as defendant [Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.], serves as mortgagee of record as nominee for a lender and that lender’s successors and assigns and there has been no assignment of the mortgage itself, is an assignment of the ownership of the underlying indebtedness for which the mortgage serves as security an assignment that must be recorded prior to the commencement of a mortgage…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Miguel v. Country Funding Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Merscorp., Inc. v. RomaineNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- Wilson v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- In Re UnitedHealth Group Inc. Shareholder Derivative LitigationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
- White v. MillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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3Cited by97 opinions
- Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Gomes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2011
- Bain v. Metropolitan Mortgage Group, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2012
- Pilgeram v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 2013
- Edelstein v. Bank of New York MellonNevada Supreme Court · 2012
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