Private Capital Group, LLC v. Harris

This judicial-foreclosure action led to a sheriffs sale of residential real property to which defendant Steven Harris had held title, and against which he had borrowed several hundred thousand dollars, secured by a trust deed on the property. A general judgment of foreclosure was entered in 2004 and a supplemental judgment for costs and attorney fees was entered in 2005, but the sheriffs sale did not occur until 2011. In the interim period, plaintiff — a successor to the lender and trust-deed beneficiary — paid taxes and other expenses on the property while defendant continued to occupy it.…