White Lantern, LLC v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.

Nevada Supreme Court

White Lantern, LLC v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

WHITE LANTERN, LLC, No. 73161 Appellant, vs. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERIFICATE-HOLDERS OF THE MEE GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING NOV 1 7 777 7-- -- TRUST 2005-HY1, ASSEST-BACKED k777777 CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HYI, CLE REME COURT BY Resnondent. bEPCITY CLER!;

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in an action to quiet title. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Timothy C. Williams, Judge. Reviewing the summary judgment de novo, Wood v. Safeway, Inc., 121 Nev. 724, 729, 121 P.3d 1026, 1029 (2005), we affirm.' Appellant White Lantern argues that the district court erred in determining that respondent's predecessor tendered the defaulted superpriority portion of the HOA's lien to the HOA's agent before the foreclosure sale such that the sale did not extinguish the first deed of trust.

'Pursuant to NRAP 34(f)(1), we have determined that oral argument is not warranted.

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(0) 1947A I re zigifilr First, White Lantern argues that respondent did not offer sufficient evidence to meet its burden of proving that the tender was delivered to the HOA's agent. Having reviewed the record, we disagree. 2 Second, White Lantern argues that even if there was a tender, it was impermissibly conditional and therefore did not cure the default as to the superpriority portion of the lien. We disagree as explained in Bank of America, N.A. v. SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC, 134 Nev., Adv. Op. 72, 427 P.3d 113 (2018), which considered the same language included with the tender in this case and held that it was not impermissibly conditional. Accordingly, the district court did not err in determining that respondent's predecessor tendered the superpriority amount to the HOA's predecessor and that the tender cured the default as to the superpriority portion of the lien. White Lantern also argues that the district court erred in failing to consider its status as a bona fide purchaser (BFP), which gives it title to the property free and clear of the first deed of trust. As we recently held in Bank of America, however, a purchaser's status as a BFP is irrelevant where a tender cured the default as to the superpriority portion of the HOA's lien before the sale. Id. at 121.

2 We have not considered the deposition testimony included in respondent's appendix as it does not appear that deposition was referenced in or attached to the summary judgment pleadings or otherwise considered by the district court in granting summary judgment. But, the same basic facts regarding the HOA agent's general practice when it received similar tenders at the relevant time are supported by a transcript of testimony during a bench trial in another case, Premier One Holdings, Inc. v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr, Co., No. A-13-681541-C, which was included as Exhibit 2 to respondent's opposition to White Lantern's motion for summary judgment.

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dii Because respondent presented evidence that its predecessor tendered nine months of common expense assessments thus curing the default as to the superpriority portion of the HOA's lien before the foreclosure sale, the district court properly granted summary judgment to respondent. Accordingly, we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

, J.

,J. Gibboffs Hardesty

cc: Hon. Timothy C. Williams, District Judge The Law Office of Mike Beede, PLLC Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP/Las Vegas Eighth District Court Clerk

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