Legal Opinion
Town of Andover v. State Financial Services, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 17, 2000PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
This appeal presents the issue whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires landowners to receive actual notice of foreclosure proceedings barring rights of redemption. We hold that it does not.
1. Background. We summarize the facts found by a Land Court judge supplemented by uncontested documentary materials in the record. On October 10, 1990, State Financial Services, Inc. (State Financial), acquired the property at issue, an island in Fosters Pond located in the town of Andover (town), by a mortgage foreclosure deed. The foreclosure…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Mennonite Board of Missions v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. PopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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