Legal Opinion
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee [etc.] v. Kevin Wilk
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 12, 2013No. Docket Yor-13-14PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] Kevin Wilk appeals from a judgment of foreclosure entered in the District Court (Biddeford, Driscoll, J.) in favor of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee of the HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-5. Wilk contends that the court erred in finding, following a bench trial, that Deutsche Bank produced sufficient admissible evidence to merit a judgment of foreclosure pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 6321 (2012). Because we conclude that Deutsche Bank failed to prove that it is the assignee of the mortgage, we vacate the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] In July 2010, Deutsche Bank filed a…
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