Legal Opinion
Green Tree Servicing, LLC v. Cope
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 11, 2017No. Docket: Cum-16-159PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHjelm, J.
[¶ 1] Green Tree Servicing, LLC, commenced this residential foreclosure action against Thelma J. Cope even though it did not own the mortgage on Cope’s property and therefore did not have standing. Shortly before the trial was to be held, Green Tree moved to dismiss its complaint without prejudice for lack of standing. See M.R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). The Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.) dismissed the complaint but ordered that the dismissal was with prejudice as a sanction for Green Tree’s pretrial conduct. Green Tree moved for reconsideration, see M.R. Civ. P. 59(e), and the court…
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