Legal Opinion
Duckworth v. Bernstein
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 11, 1983No. 1843, September Term, 1982PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
In September 1979, appellants Robert M. Duckworth and Angela M. Duckworth borrowed money from appellee Manuel Bernstein, the transaction having been negotiated by one A1 Blank. The loan was secured by a third mortgage on the Duckworths’ residence.
In 1982, the Duckworths filed a bill of complaint against Bernstein in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. In substance, the complaint alleged that the loan was a secondary mortgage loan governed by title 12, subtitle 4 of the Commercial Law Article. 1 They claimed that various aspects of the Secondary Mortgage Loan Law were "deliberately…
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