How does something like this even make it to court in the first place? I mean, they couldn't even have had a lean on the property.<p>It is astounding to me that a bank would be so bull-headed as to ignore the evidence at hand and plunge headlong into a foreclosure hearing.<p>This reminds me of a spat I had with a local hospital here, who sent debt collectors my way on a bill I had already paid. I even offered to mail them copies of my credit card statements, showing the payment the hospital denied receiving. They refused to look at them. I finally just ignored them until they stopped calling.
This also happened to Wells Fargo a few months back. Similar in spirit, groups of neighbors have successfully sued the owners of crack houses in small claims court. The individual awards were small, but if enough people are involved it gets to be serious money.