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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No. No mention of the easement in the Deed or DOT. CG did re-record the easements after the original DOT was recorded. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>C. Scott Kee</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>Rodgers Kee & Card, P.S.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>324 West Bay Drive, Suite 201</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>Olympia, WA 98502</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>(360) 352-8311</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:scottkee@buddbaylaw.com" target="_blank">scottkee@buddbaylaw.com</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryce Dille<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 06, 2015 2:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Common Grantor easement<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Did the deed of parcel B mention the reservation of the easement that B had over A?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This transmission contains confidential attorney-client communications and may not be disclosed to any person but the intended recipient(s). If this matter is transmitted to you in error, please notify the sender immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bryce H. Dille <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Campbell, Dille, Barnett & Smith, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 488<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Puyallup, WA 98371<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Voice: 253.848.3513<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax: 253.845.4941<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:bryced@cdb-law.com">bryced@cdb-law.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Business Entity Creation and Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Business, Government and Tax Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Real Estate and Land Use, Residential, Commercial and Condominium Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Real Estate and Commercial Transactions & Closings, Including Performing Services as IRS Section 1031 Exchange Facilitator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Estate Planning, including Wills and Trusts, and Probate Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Representation Homeowners/Condominium Association Real Estate Developments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Real Property Foreclosures and Forfeitures<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Kee<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 06, 2015 2:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Common Grantor easment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Common Grantor(CG) owns adjoining parcels A and B. CG realizes parcel B cannot sustain septic drainfield. CG records drainfield easement for the benefit of Parcel B, and to the detriment of Parcel A. CG then builds septic drainfield on parcel A, for the benefit of parcel B—obtaining approval from the county. The drainfield was completed, but parcel B never hooked into the drainfield as development was not complete. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Running out of money, and trying to develop the property, CG grants Deed of Trust(DOT) to lender which encumbers only Parcel A(not Parcel B). DOT has standard clause that dictates Trustee shall have power to convey at time of sale “all the interest the grantor had, or had the power to convey” at the time the DOT was executed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CG then transfers Parcel B via Statutory Warranty Deed to Buyer. CG then defaults on loan with lender, and lender successfully forecloses on Parcel A. Assume Buyer received notice of foreclosure and there are no deficiencies with the Trustee’s sale.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Is easement created by CG for parcel B invalidated because of the common grantor?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If the easement is not invalidated as a common grantor, does the power to convey language defeat the easement as the CG has the “power to convey(or destroy)” the easement at the time the DOT was executed, even though the easement is not mentioned in the DOT nor is Parcel B explicitly encumbered by the DOT? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>C. Scott Kee</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>Rodgers Kee & Card, P.S.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>324 West Bay Drive, Suite 201</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>Olympia, WA 98502</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>(360) 352-8311</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:scottkee@buddbaylaw.com" target="_blank">scottkee@buddbaylaw.com</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>