MERSCORP, INC. v. DELAWARE COUNTY

No. 523 C.D. 2016.

160 A.3d 961 (2017)

MERSCORP, INC. n/k/a MERSCORP Holdings, Inc.; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A.; CitiMortgage, Inc.; Citibank, N.A.; Credit Suisse Financial Corporation; Everhome Mortgage Company; JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.; State Farm Bank F.S.B.; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Sovereign Bank; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; HSBC Finance Corporation; Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, L.P. n/k/a Finance of America Mortgage LLC; Customers Bancorp, Inc.; Customers Bank; The Bank of New York Mellon; The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, N.A.; and Trident Mortgage Company, L.P., Appellants v. DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds, by and through Thomas J. Judge, Sr., in his official capacity as The Recorder of Deeds of Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Frederick C. Sheeler, in his official capacity as Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Berks, Pennsylvania; The Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Berks, Pennsylvania; The County of Berks, Pennsylvania; Joseph J. Szafran, in his official capacity as Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Bucks, Pennsylvania; The Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Bucks, Pennsylvania; The County of Bucks, Pennsylvania; Richard T. Loughery, in his official capacity as the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, Pennsylvania; The Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, Pennsylvania; and The County of Chester, Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

FILED: May 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana E. Becker , Heather R. Fine , and Henry F. Reichner , Philadelphia; Robert M. Brochin , Miami, FL; Dorothy A. Davis , Pittsburgh; Thomas V. Panoff , Chicago, IL; and Joseph F. Yenouskas , Washington, DC, for appellants.

Carmen P. Belefonte , Media, and Charles J. Kocher , Philadelphia, for appellees Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds and Thomas J. Judge, Sr.

Daniel P. Finegan , Louis B. Kupperman , William J. Leonard , Philadelphia, and Joshua D. Snyder , Bala Cynwyd , for appellees County of Chester Recorder of Deeds, County of Berks Recorder of Deeds, County of Delaware Recorder of Deeds, Frederick C. Sheeler, Joseph J. Szafran and Richard T. Loughery.

BEFORE: HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge, HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge, HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge, HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge, HONORABLE MICHAEL H. WOJCIK, Judge, HONORABLE JULIA K. HEARTHWAY, Judge, HONORABLE JOSEPH M. COSGROVE, Judge.


In this interlocutory appeal, involving coordinated actions, MERSCORP, Inc., n/k/a MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and the additional above-named appellants, (collectively, Appellants), appeal from the February 12, 2016 order of the Court...

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