30 Cited authorities

  1. Bank of N.Y. v. Silverberg

    86 A.D.3d 274 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)   Cited 598 times
    Holding that MERS did not have standing to bring a foreclosure action since it only held the mortgage and was never the lawful holder of the note
  2. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Spanos

    102 A.D.3d 909 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)   Cited 398 times
    Holding that without an affidavit of service, lender was not entitled to dismiss the affirmative defense of non-compliance with RPAPL § 1304
  3. Baron Associates, LLC v. Garcia Group Enterprises, Inc.

    96 A.D.3d 793 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 321 times

    2012-06-13 BARON ASSOCIATES, LLC, et al., appellants, v. GARCIA GROUP ENTERPRISES, INC., also known as Garcia Group Enterprises, et al., respondents, et al., defendants. Jason Chang, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellants. J. A. Sanchez, New York, N.Y., for respondents. DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO Jason Chang, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellants. J. A. Sanchez, New York, N.Y., for respondents. DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO, J.P., RANDALL T. ENG, PLUMMER E. LOTT, and LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ. In an action to foreclose a mortgage

  4. Mortage Elec. Reg. Sys. v. Coakley

    41 A.D.3d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)   Cited 280 times
    Holding that the mortgage "passe as an incident to the promissory note."
  5. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Pietranico

    102 A.D.3d 724 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)   Cited 144 times

    2013-01-16 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, etc., respondent, v. Khouloud PIETRANICO, appellant, et al., defendants. Jeffrey L. Solomon, PLLC, Woodbury, N.Y., for appellant. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, Bay Shore, N.Y. (Joseph Battista and Timothy M. Riselvato of counsel), for respondent. Jeffrey L. Solomon, PLLC, Woodbury, N.Y., for appellant. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, Bay Shore, N.Y. (Joseph Battista and Timothy M. Riselvato of counsel), for respondent

  6. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Murray

    2013 Pa. Super. 55 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2013)   Cited 119 times
    Holding a debtor's claim that bank was not a real party in interest to bring a foreclosure action was a challenge to the bank's standing
  7. Homecomings Financial, LLC v. Guldi

    108 A.D.3d 506 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)   Cited 102 times
    In Guldi, the Second Department reversed summary judgment for plaintiff bank and dismissed the complaint because it found plaintiff lacked standing.
  8. Slutsky v. Blooming Grove Inn

    147 A.D.2d 208 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)   Cited 173 times
    Holding that successive notices of pendency may be filed when prosecuting a foreclosure action to final judgment
  9. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. v. Sachar

    95 A.D.3d 695 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 55 times

    2012-05-22 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY NA, etc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Eddie SACHAR, Defendant–Appellant,New York City Environmental Control Board, et al., Defendants. Christopher Thompson, West Islip, for appellant. Hogan Lovells US, LLP, New York (Chava Brandriss of counsel), for respondent. Christopher Thompson, West Islip, for appellant. Hogan Lovells US, LLP, New York (Chava Brandriss of counsel), for respondent. Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered on

  10. In re Escobar

    457 B.R. 229 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2011)   Cited 47 times
    Finding that movants had standing to seek stay relief “by virtue of possession of the original notes executed with endorsements in blank (pay to the order of ––––).”
  11. Section 1-201 - General definitions

    N.Y. U.C.C. Law § 1-201   Cited 590 times
    Defining delivery as "voluntary transfer of possession"
  12. Section 3-307 - Burden of Establishing Signatures, Defenses and Due Course

    N.Y. U.C.C. Law § 3-307   Cited 92 times

    (1) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings each signature on an instrument is admitted. When the effectiveness of a signature is put in issue (a) the burden of establishing it is on the party claiming under the signature; but (b) the signature is presumed to be genuine or authorized except where the action is to enforce the obligation of a purported signer who has died or become incompetent before proof is required. (2) When signatures are admitted or established, production of the instrument

  13. Section 1-102 - Scope of article

    N.Y. U.C.C. Law § 1-102   Cited 81 times
    Providing that "obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by" the Commercial Code cannot be disclaimed by agreement
  14. Section 3-201 - Transfer: Right to Indorsement

    N.Y. U.C.C. Law § 3-201   Cited 61 times
    Providing that, subject to exceptions inapplicable here, the "[t]ransfer of an instrument vests in the transferee such rights as the transferor has therein"
  15. Section 3-203 - Wrong or Misspelled Name

    N.Y. U.C.C. Law § 3-203   Cited 10 times

    Where an instrument is made payable to a person under a misspelled name or one other than his own he may indorse in that name or his own or both; but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or giving value for the instrument. N.Y. U.c.c. Law § 3-203