Legal Opinion

Hewett v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 1, 2016No. 2D15-1074PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUCAS, Judge..

Wells Fargo has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal of a final judgment of foreclosure, arguing that the homeowner, Philip Hewett, failed to invoke our court’s jurisdiction with a properly filed notice of appeal. Specifically, Wells Fargo contends that the only notice of appeal Mr. Hewett ever filed, although admittedly timely, was nevertheless void by virtue of his then-pending bankruptcy petition, which Mr. Hewett had filed seven days before filing his notice of. appeal. Athough : deciding Wells Fargo’s motion potentially implicates a number of problematic issues, it is our…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Sun Oil Co. v. WortmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Jinks v. Richland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. In Re Leonard J. Siciliano, Debtor. Prudential Savings Bank, PasaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  5. Constitution Bank v. TubbsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995

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