Hearing Date: December 1, 2017

Calendar No: 12

Case Name: Garcia, et al. v. Fremont Investment & Loan, et al.

Case No.: BC643630

Motion: Demurrer

Moving Party: Defendant Chicago Title Insurance Company

Responding Party: Plaintiffs Armando Garcia and Silvia Garcia

Tentative Ruling: The Demurrer is sustained as to the first, second, and fifth causes of action. The Court grants twenty days leave to amend as to the fifth cause of action. The Court is inclined to deny leave to amend as to the first and second causes of action.

On 12/12/16, Plaintiffs Armando Garcia and Silvia Garcia filed this action against Defendants Fremont Investment & Loan, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., Chicago Title, and Michael Hertz arising out of the tax sale of a portion of real property located at 2546 Glenrose Ave., Altadena, CA 91001. The Garcias’ Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) asserts causes of action for (1) cancellation of instruments, (2) quiet title, (3) promissory estoppel, (4) negligent misre