Judge: Discovery Of Promissory Note Fatal To Mortgagors' Declaratory Relief Claim

(August 1, 2020, 10:01 AM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The lender of a couple's mortgage loan was awarded summary judgment by a federal judge in Rhode Island on July 13 after the judge found that the borrowers could not pursue a claim for declaratory judgment under the state's lost note statute because the bank located and presented an authenticated copy of the document (David St. Amour, et al. v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., et al., No. 18-CV-00254-MSM-PAS, D. R.I., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122476)....