Legal Opinion
Bankruptcy Estate of Jokhn B. Everest and Susan E. Everest v. Bank of America, N.A.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 3, 2015No. Docket Fed-14-263PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.
[¶ 1] Pursuant to 4 M.R.S. § 57 (2014) and M.R.App. P. 25, the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Hornby, J.) has certified a question of state law for our review:
Where
a. a junior mortgagee obtains a Maine District Court judgment of foreclosure and sale against a debt- or/mortgagor (the senior mortgagee not being a party to the action) and the judgment provides that proceeds shall go first to the junior mortgagee, next to a still more junior mortgagee, and last to the debtor/mortgagor;
b. the statutory equity of redemption expires on the junior mortgage foreclosure but the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bank of American, N.A. v. Scott A. GreenleafSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
- Smith v. VarneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Duprey v. Eagle Lake Water & Sewer DistrictSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Michael Fortin v. Jacob TitcombSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
- Michael Dinan v. Alpha Networks Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
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