Federal National Mortgage Association v. Etta E. Malinou

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

The defendant, Martin Malinou, appeals from a Superior Court judgment after a trial before a justice of the Superior Court, sitting without the benefit of a jury, that awarded the plaintiff, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), possession of premises located at 334 Smith Street, Providence (the property). It is noteworthy that the defendant was previously before this Court on a closely related case, Malinou v. Seattle Savings Bank, 970 A.2d 6, 12 (R.I.2009), wherein this Court affirmed a Superior Court judgment that Seattle Savings Bank had…