Paul S. Burka and Robert A. Burka, Trustees v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Trustees

Appellants Paul and Robert Burka, trustees of a family trust, challenge the Aetna Life Insurance Company’s ownership of a parcel of land formerly held for the Trust. The district court granted Aetna’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the Trust’s former trustee had not exceeded his authority when he executed three documents pledging the Trust’s interests in the land as security for a construction loan. The district court also held that appellants were not entitled to ground rents for the period between the default on that loan and the foreclosure sale. We affirm the district court’s…