Legal Opinion
Fryzel v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 14, 2013No. Nos. 12-1526, 12-1563, 12-1720, 12-1721, 12-1768, 12-1839PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
The plaintiff-appellees in this consolidated interlocutory appeal are defaulted mortgagors of Rhode Island real estate. They have brought suit to prevent foreclosure or eviction, on the shared ground that ostensible assignments of their mortgagees’ legal titles are invalid, leaving the assignees without the right to foreclose. In most cases, the assigning mortgagee was the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS).1 The defendant-appellants are the corresponding mortgagees, their agents or assignees (“mortgagees”), who apparently hold Rhode Island…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Culhane v. Aurora Loan Services of NebrasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- Limone v. CondonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Peoples Federal Savings Bank v. People's United BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Cosajay v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 2013
- JL Powell Clothing LLC v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
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