Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Van Sickle

Opinion

DUPONT, J.

The defendant, Karen Van Sickle, appeals from the trial court’s judgment of possession in a summary process action in favor of the plaintiff, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. The defendant claims that a foreclosure judgment, in which she was not named as a party, did not affect her month-to-month tenancy, and that the plaintiffs summary process action was improper because the defendant’s right to occupy the premises had not been terminated by the foreclosure. The sole issue on appeal is whether an oral month-to-month tenancy survives a judgment of strict foreclosure.…