Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. v. Freeman (In Re Freeman)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM STAY
LAMAR W. DAVIS, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
Debtor (also “Borrower”) filed Chapter 13 on May 30, 2008. In March of 2006 she had borrowed $720,000.00 from Fremont Investment & Loan (“Fremont” and “Lender”) and signed a promissory note and deed to secure debt (“DSD”), pledging her personal residence to secure the debt. Movant, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS” and “Movant”), was the named grantee in the DSD which recited that MERS was acting “as nominee for Lender and Lender’s successors and assigns.” Security Deed, Dckt. No. 72,…
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