Metropolitan Credit Union v. Matthes

The defendants, Raymond and Sherry Matthes, who are husband and wife, appeal from a judgment of summary process for the plaintiff, Metropolitan Credit Union (Credit Union), pursuant to the Credit Union’s motion for summary judgment. The Housing Court judge, sitting in Superior Court, also granted the Credit Union’s motion for summary judgment on the Mattheses’ counterclaims for breach of contract, wrongful foreclosure, and violation of G. L. c. 93A.

1. Factual background. The undisputed but convoluted facts are as follows. In November, 1987, Raymond and Sherry Matthes obtained a $25,000 line…