No bond, no case
Think the Columbia taxi driver who lost his house to foreclosure without ever missing a mortgage payment had an airtight case in court? Well ... see Larry Carson's story today:
Maryland's highest court dismissed his challenge to the foreclosure, quashing housing advocates' hope that a successful appeal would have prompted change in state law.The Court of Appeals yesterday dismissed Kwaku Atta Poku's case, agreeing with lower court rulings that turned on his failure to post a required cash bond in earlier legal proceedings.
"It is beyond my comprehension," said Atta Poku, a Ghanaian immigrant and naturalized American. "Is the law made for people to commit crimes against innocent people? Where do I get justice?"
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