Blackston v. Grady
Blackston v. Grady
Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Marie Wiggins Blackston (Blackston), successfully submitted a bid at a judicial foreclosure sale conducted by the Master-in-Equity for Greenville County. The master subsequently denied her motion to have the sale set aside. Blackston now appeals to this Court seeking to reverse the order of the Master.
The Master’s Foreclosure Order, dated August 13, 1990, stated that the property was subject to a first mortgage but that a second mortgage had been satisfied. The Master then was informed that this second mortgage had been assigned and had been recorded at the Greenville County RMC Office.
The appealed order held, in effect, that an otherwise proper judicial sale must be upheld if the public records establish the existence of a properly recorded second mortgage and the successful bidder in no way suffers prejudice. We hold that the integrity of a judicial sale is not affected where the property to be sold is subject to a properly recorded second mortgage even though the existence of the second mortgage was not referred to in the Foreclosure Decree. We, therefore, hold that the Master did not err in dismissing the Motion to set aside Blackston’s bid.
After a careful review of the briefs and the record before us, we hold that the questions presented by this appeal were addressed by the master and confirm his rulings on these issues. We hold, accordingly, that the questions presented by this appeal are manifestly without merit. S.C. Code Ann. § 14-8-250 (Supp. 1991).
Affirmed.
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