Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Mellon Bank, N.A. (In Re Rodriguez)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1998No. 19-10671PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHEN RASLAVICH, Bankruptcy Judge.
The instant adversary proceeding arises out of a disturbing factual scenario in which the defendant, Central Credit Fund, Inc. (“Central”), engaged in the self-help repossession of the debtor’s residential real estate. At a time when the debtor was only two months in default on a small second mortgage, Central, without providing any notice whatsoever, locked the Debtor out of his house and assumed control thereof as mortgagee-in-possession. Following a two year ordeal, the debtor was able to regain possession of the house only to 'find that in the…
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