Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Appel

JONES, Justice.

At issue in this appeal is the validity and finality of a trustee’s sale of appellants’ real property. The successful bidder at the sale, a company called Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), filed a complaint for ejectment against the appellants. MERS deeded the property to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. (Fed Home), which was substituted as plaintiff. The district court entered summary judgment in Fed Home’s favor and ordered the appellants off the property. They appealed. We vacate the order in part and remand for further proceedings.

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