Legal Opinion
Schmidli v. Pearce
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 13, 2009No. C058270PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, J.
Plaintiffs brought this quiet title action to extinguish a lien of a deed of trust held by defendants against their property. Plaintiffs claim defendants’ lien expired under a 10-year statute of limitations triggered by defendant’s recording of a notice of default. Defendants claim their notice of default did not trigger the 10-year statute, and their lien remains viable under a 60-year statute of limitations.
Two appellate decisions addressed this issue and reached different results. Slintak v. Buckeye Retirement Co., L.L.C., Ltd. (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th 575 [43 Cal.Rptr.3d…
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