Legal Opinion
U.S. Bank National Association v. Christopher J. Curit
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 21, 2016No. Docket Sag-14-464PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHumphrey, J.
[¶ 1] This appeal, another in a line of foreclosure cases in which the purported mortgagee lacks standing, presents us with challenges to the trial court’s initial judgment of dismissal with prejudice and its authority, pending this appeal, to change that outcome to a dismissal without prejudice. We conclude that the court reached a result that is correct but erred in the process used to achieve that result.
[¶ 2] U.S. Bank 1 filed a motion to dismiss its own foreclosure complaint, without prejudice, because it lacked standing, and the District Court (West Bath, Field, J.) granted the motion…
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