Dickens v. First American Title Insurance

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Chief Judge.

At issue in this appeal is the trial court’s rulings that appellees' deed of trust has priority over appellants’ deed of trust, that appellees are entitled to restitution of payments made on appellants’ note to prevent foreclosure of appellants’ deed of trust, and that appellees are entitled to an award of attorney’s fees. We affirm the rulings on lien priority and restitution. The attorney’s fee award is partially affirmed and partially reversed.

Appellees J.D. Dickens, his wife and two children, and the partnership they formed for estate planning purposes…