In re Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

*490OPINION

HOOTEN, Judge.

Appellants challenge the district court’s grant of summary judgment and order amending the certifícate of title to appellants’ Torrens property so that respondent’s mortgage precedes appellants’ deed in priority. Because we conclude that the district court correctly applied the equitable doctrine of instantaneous seisin, we affirm.

FACTS

On February 23, 2005, Appellants Kurt and Lisa Pflug granted a mortgage to Wells Fargo Bank to secure a corresponding $400,000 note to purchase a home in St. Bonifacius. Appellants had difficulty keeping up with their mortgage payments, and…