Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 22, 2012PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In this case, we address the propriety of a foreclosure by power of sale undertaken by a mortgage holder that did not hold the underlying mortgage note. A judge in the Superior Court preliminarily enjoined the defendant Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from proceeding with a summary process action to evict the plaintiff, Henrietta Eaton, from her home, following a foreclosure sale of the property *571by the defendant Green Tree Servicing, LLC (Green Tree), as mortgagee. The judge ruled that Eaton likely would succeed on the merits of her claim that for a valid foreclosure sale…
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