Legal Opinion

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. First National Bank of Steamboat Springs, N.A.

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 17, 2006No. 06-3, 06-4PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] In this mortgage foreclosure action, the district court declined to apply the doe- trine of equitable subrogation and instead strictly applied Wyoming’s “first in time is first in right” recording statute. The result was an order granting summary judgment in favor of First National Bank of Steamboat Springs, N.A. (First National Bank), holding its mortgage had priority over all other recorded liens and allowing it to proceed with foreclosure. In their appeal from the order, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., (Countrywide) and America’s Wholesale Lender (AWL) ask this Court to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Thomson v. Wyoming In-Stream Flow CommitteeWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Bank of New York v. NallyIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Wyoming Building & Loan Ass'n v. Mills Const. Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Multiple Resort Ownership Plan, Inc. v. Design-Build-Manage, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Condos v. TrappWyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Simek v. TateWyoming Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Bradley v. BradleyWyoming Supreme Court · 2007

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