Mortgages – Rule 60(b) – Fraud on the court – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Mortgages – Rule 60(b) – Fraud on the court – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Where (1) a bank obtained a judgment in the amount of $1,662,837.12 and (2) the borrowers later filed an independent action in equity alleging that the bank had perpetrated fraud on the court, a Superior Court judge’s decision to grant the bank’s motion for judgment on the pleadings should be affirmed because the borrowers would not be entitled to relief from the judgment under any set of conceivable facts.