Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Reeves

This court must decide whether the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing with prejudice a mortgage foreclosure action based upon defenses raised in a motion to dismiss.1 The defendants asserted in their motion that the plaintiff, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the Holders of SASCO 2007-MLN1, filed the foreclosure complaint without attaching a document required by the circuit court’s administrative order governing foreclosure actions; committed fraud upon the court by pleading false allegations of its identity and existence; filed the action without standing and capacity to do…