First Federal Savings Bank v. Trolinger

MORGAN, Justice.

Pennington County (county) appeals from a summary judgment which decreed that its tax lien on a mobile home was inferior to the lien of First Federal Savings Bank. We reverse.

FACTS

Keith and Cheryl Trolinger purchased a mobile home in Rapid City, South Dakota; in May of 1981, with financing provided by First Federal. First Federal’s lien was noted on the mobile home’s certificate of title dated June 9, 1981. The mobile home was first listed with county’s office of equalization in 1983.

Trolingers failed to make their payments under the installment sales contract and failed to…