Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Cotton
| Decision Date | 22 February 2017 |
| Parties | DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, etc., appellant, v. Rose COTTON, respondent, et al., defendants. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
147 A.D.3d 1020
46 N.Y.S.3d 913 (Mem)
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 01335
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, etc., appellant,
v.
Rose COTTON, respondent, et al., defendants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Feb. 22, 2017.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Rochester, NY (Richard S. Mullen of counsel), for appellant.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from a order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silber, J.), dated March 19, 2015, which denied its unopposed motion to vacate an order of the same court (Dabiri, J.), dated February 11, 2014, which, sua sponte, conditionally dismissed the action pursuant to CPLR 3216 and directed the County Clerk to vacate the notice of pendency unless the plaintiff filed a note of issue or otherwise proceeded by motion for entry of judgment within 90 days from February 11, 2014, and to restore the action to the active calendar.
ORDERED that the order dated March 19, 2015, is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the plaintiff's motion to vacate the order dated February 11, 2014, and to restore the action to the active calendar is granted, the order dated February 11, 2014, is vacated, and the action is restored to the active calendar.
On February 11, 2014, the Supreme Court, sua sponte, entered an order pursuant to CPLR 3216 dismissing the instant action and directing the County Clerk to vacate the notice of pendency "unless plaintiff files a note of issue or otherwise proceeds by motion for entry of judgment
within 90 days from the date hereof." It appears that the action was thereafter administratively dismissed on June 5, 2014, without further notice to the parties.
On December 11, 2014, the plaintiff moved to vacate the dismissal and to restore this action to the active calendar. The Supreme Court denied the motion, which was unopposed.
An action cannot be dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3216(a)"unless a written demand is served upon ‘the party against whom such relief is sought’ in accordance with the statutory requirement, along with a...
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