Opinion
2013-01-10
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Nicola McDONALD, Defendant–Respondent, Gregory Pinnock, et al., Defendants, Rolda V. Furlonge, et al., Defendant–Appellants. [And Another Action].
McMillian, Constabile, Maker & Perone, LLP, Larchmont (Gary Kyme of counsel), for appellants. DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, White Plains (Jacob E. Amir of counsel), for New Century Mortgage Corporation, respondent.
McMillian, Constabile, Maker & Perone, LLP, Larchmont (Gary Kyme of counsel), for appellants. DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, White Plains (Jacob E. Amir of counsel), for New Century Mortgage Corporation, respondent.
Law Offices of Joseph A. Altman, P.C., Bronx (Joseph A. Altman of counsel), for Nicola McDonald, respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, J.), entered August 30, 2011, inter alia, adjudging defendant Nicola McDonald the rightful owner of the subject property, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Defendants Rolda V. Furlonge and First Franklin failed to establish prima facie that Furlonge paid valuable consideration for the property and therefore was a bona fide purchaser entitled to the protection of Real Property Law § 291 or § 266 ( see Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation of the Living God, Pillar & Ground of Truth, Inc. v. 31 Mount Morris Park, LLC, 76 A.D.3d 465, 908 N.Y.S.2d 1 [1st Dept. 2010];HSBC Mtge. Servs., Inc. v. Alphonso, 58 A.D.3.d 598, 600, 874 N.Y.S.2d 131 [2d Dept. 2009] ).