Udall v. T.D. Escrow Services, Inc.

¶1 — William Udall purchased real property in a nonjudicial foreclosure sale. The auctioneer gave Udall a receipt, but not the trustee’s deed for the property. When trustee T.D. Escrow Services, Inc. (hereinafter T.D.) discovered that the auctioneer had opened the bidding $100,000 lower than T.D. had authorized, T.D. refused to deliver the deed to Udall.

Fairhurst, J.

¶2 Udall challenges a Court of Appeals decision holding that the sale was not completed under the strict terms of RCW 61.24.050 of Washington’s deeds of trust act, chapter 61.24 RCW (hereinafter the Act), and granting summary…