Ng v. Trident Financial Group, Inc. CA1/5
The former residence of plaintiffs, appellants, and cross-respondents Samuel Ng and Angela Leung (plaintiffs) on Acalanes Avenue in Lafayette (Property) was sold in foreclosure proceedings in June 2016. Defendant, respondent, and cross-appellant Six P.I.D., Inc. (SPID) purchased the Property at the foreclosure sale.
In August 2016, plaintiffs filed a complaint seeking to quiet title to the Property. The complaint was brought against Trident Financial Group, Inc. (Trident), the lender; “[a]ll persons known and/or unknown claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to [p]laintiff[s’] title or any cloud on [p]laintiff[s’] title thereto” (capitalization altered); and ten Doe defendants. In September, default was entered against Trident. In November, plaintiffs obtained a judgment quieting title to the Property in their favor (Judgment), obtained an order setting aside the deed of trust that was the
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