Wells Fargo Bank v. Watkins

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Respondent,

v.

Ronald R. Watkins and Ashland Plantation Property
Owners Association, Defendants,

Of Whom Ronald R. Watkins is the Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001398

Appeal From Charleston County
Mikell R. Scarborough, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-284
Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed June 17, 2015

AFFIRMED

Brian Morris Knowles, of Knowles Law Firm, PC, of
Summerville, for Appellant.

Thomas E. Lydon, of McAngus Goudelock & Courie,
LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Miller v. Blumenthal Mills, Inc., 365 S.C. 204, 219, 616 S.E.2d 722,
729 (Ct. App. 2005) ("When reviewing the grant of a summary judgment motion,
the appellate court applies the same standard which governs the trial court under
Rule 56(c), SCRCP: summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue
as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of
law."); Hayne Fed. Credit Union v. Bailey, 327 S.C. 242, 248, 489 S.E.2d 472, 475
(1997) ("A mortgage foreclosure is an action in equity."); Matrix Fin. Servs. Corp.
v. Frazer, 394 S.C. 134, 140, 714 S.E.2d 532, 535 (2011) (holding if a mortgage
loan is closed without proper attorney supervision, the lender is barred from
pursuing equitable remedies, but limiting the application of this holding
prospectively to mortgages recorded after August 8, 2011); BAC Home Loan
Servicing, L.P. v. Kinder, 398 S.C. 619, 623-24, 731 S.E.2d 547, 549-50 (2012)
(holding a party seeking surplus funds from a foreclosure sale was not barred from
recovery, even if the closing was conducted without attorney supervision, because
the mortgage was recorded before August 8, 2011); id. at 624, 731 S.E.2d at 550
(clarifying the filing date referred to in Matrix is "the date the document a party
seeks to enforce was filed").

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.