Legal Opinion
French v. The Bank of New York Mellon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 2013No. 12-2284PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Harold French borrowed money from Countrywide Financial (“Countrywide”) and secured the loan with a mortgage on a parcel of land he owned. Having failed to make payments on his loan, French seeks to enjoin foreclosure by Countrywide’s as-signee, Bank of New York Mellon (“BONY”). French argues that: (1) the description of his property in the mortgage he signed does not satisfy New Hampshire’s statute of frauds; and, (2) Countrywide’s unilateral addition of a more precise legal description of the property to the copy of the mortgage filed with the registry of deeds was an…
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