Opinion ID: 784653
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Warranty Deed and Purchase Agreement

Text: 29 In the alternative, CTI claims that although the warranty deed and purchase agreement were recorded in November 1998, both instruments were actually executed on May 13, 1987. Therefore, CTI argues that title to the Neutron Road Property was passed from CTI to E&GT on the date of execution, not the date of recordation. 30 At trial CTI was unable to satisfactorily explain to the jury why it had two different, but executed, versions of each document dated May 13, 1987. Examination of the two copies of the warranty deed and the two copies of the purchase agreement reveal that the signatures and text alignment are different. In addition, the notary blocks bear different and inconsistent dates for expiration, and one version of the notary block is handwritten whereas the other is typed. CTI also failed to explain how the title company it claimed had gone bankrupt managed to properly file and record the deed of trust, transfer of lien, and Hypothecation Agreement, but failed to file and record the warranty deed and purchase agreement when all five instruments were allegedly executed simultaneously on May 13, 1987. 31 CTI fails to direct this Court to any compelling evidence indicating that E&GT has been the owner of the Neutron Road Property since May 1987, or conversely, that CTI was not the owner of the property from 1987 to 1998. Therefore, we conclude that evidence clearly shows that CTI was the owner of the Neutron Road Property until at least November 23, 1998.