Habeas notus?

This idea is so simple you could almost miss its total brilliance: homeowners seeking to stave off foreclosure are doing so by demanding that the foreclosing bank produce the mortgage documents. The dirty little secret about us lawyers is that while we have copies out the yin-yang of every important document in a case, the originals are often difficult to lay hands on even in the most anal-retentive of filing systems. For want of a note, the case was lost...