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Key Bank National Association v. Stern

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 31, 2005
14 A.D.3d 656 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

2003-06022

January 31, 2005.

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Harry L. Stern appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County, (Nelson, J.), dated May 27, 2003, which granted the plaintiff's motion to amend the notice of pendency, judgment of foreclosure and sale, and all other documents in the action, nunc pro tunc, to correct the legal description of the foreclosed property.

Before: Cozier, J.P., Ritter, Luciano and Lifson, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly disregarded the plaintiff's initial error in failing to serve upon the defendant all of the papers in support of its motion ( see CPLR 2001). Once the plaintiff corrected the error by sending the omitted papers to the defendant, any prejudice due to the error was cured, as evidenced by the fact that the defendant was able to respond to the motion on the merits ( see Clark v. State of New York, 302 AD2d 942; Volpe v. Canfield, 237 AD2d 282).

Moreover, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion to amend the notice of pendency, judgment of foreclosure and sale, and all other documents in the action, nunc pro tunc, to correct a minor typographical error in the legal description of the foreclosed property ( see Pacific Lime v. Lowenberg Corp., 77 AD2d 737; Kaufman v. Levey, 142 Misc 243; 1 Bergman, New York Mortgage Foreclosures § 15.02).


Summaries of

Key Bank National Association v. Stern

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 31, 2005
14 A.D.3d 656 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

Key Bank National Association v. Stern

Case Details

Full title:KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Respondent, v. HARRY L. STERN, Appellant…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 31, 2005

Citations

14 A.D.3d 656 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
789 N.Y.S.2d 297

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