Scanlan v. Nielsen

*918OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Clayton Nielsen, as personal representative of the estate of Lois Nielsen, appeals from the trial court’s judgment declaring respondent Brian Scanlan the owner of two parcels of registered Torrens property in Washington County, arguing that, as both parties had equal unregistered interests in the same property, Nielsen’s act of registering first established the estate’s ownership interest under Minn.Stat. § 508.47, subd. 1. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

In 1988, Lois Nielsen purchased two parcels of land from Martin Haley for $10,000 and received a warranty deed and the…