Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Ndiaye

¶1 Ibrahima Ndiaye signed a deed of trust for a loan on his Washington home. The ubiquitous Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) served as the original beneficiary under the deed of trust. After an assignment of the beneficiary interest in the deed of trust to Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), FNMA foreclosed on the home and initiated this unlawful detainer action to evict Ndiaye. Because of MERS’ role as beneficiary, Ndiaye defended the unlawful detainer action on the ground that FNMA could not establish a chain of title. The trial court summarily granted a writ…