Legal Opinion
Bank of America, N.A. v. James A. Cloutier
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 7, 2013PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] The Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.), acting pursuant to M.R.App. P. 24(a), has reported a question of law to us: “What is the proof that is required for a party to prove ‘ownership’ of the mortgage note and mortgage for purposes of foreclosure, as required by the decision of the Law Court in Chase Home Finance, LLC v. Higgins, 2009 ME 136, ¶ 11, 985 A.2d 508?”
[¶2] The question arose in an action brought by Bank of America, N.A. against James A. Cloutier 1 for foreclosure on a residential mortgage. We accept the report and hold that a plaintiff in a foreclosure action must…
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