Legal Opinion
Fleet Mortgage Corp. v. Cobb
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 30, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
John G. Cobb appeals a default judgment entered in the District Court (Portland, MacNichol, J.) in favor of Fleet Mortgage Corp. Because we conclude that the default judgment is not directly reviewable, we dismiss the appeal.
Cobb and his wife, Gudrun Cobb, 1 executed a mortgage deed and a promissory note to Fleet Mortgage Corp. in 1985. Six years later they defaulted on their payments, and in August 1991 Fleet commenced an action seeking to foreclose the mortgage. When the Cobbs failed to answer or serve responsive pleadings, Fleet moved for the entry of a default and a…
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