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BANK ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF EQUITABLE SUBROGATION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment pursuant to the equitable subrogation theory in this foreclosure action:

… [T]he plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage in the principal amount of $480,000, which it alleged was secured by real property in Brooklyn, owned by the defendants Tzilia Dalfin (hereinafter Tzilia) and Angel E. Daflin (hereinafter Angel), who have been divorced since the 1990s. It is undisputed that $453,900.03 of the proceeds of the mortgage were used to pay off Tzilia and Angel’s prior mortgage on the property as well as outstanding taxes. * ** *

Under the doctrine of equitable subrogation, “[w]here property of one person is used in discharging an obligation owed by another or a lien upon the property of another, under such circumstances that the other would be unjustly enriched by the retention of the benefit thus conferred, the former is entitled to be subrogated to the position of the obligee or lien-holder” … . Even if, as Angel contends, his signature on the subject mortgage was forged, the plaintiff could still recover against him on the theory of equitable subrogation based upon its payoff of the prior mortgage and liens against his property at the closing of the subject mortgage … .

… [T]he plaintiff established its … entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on a theory of equitable subrogation by submitting evidence that $453,900.03 of the proceeds of the subject mortgage were used to pay off the prior mortgage and taxes for which Angel was liable … . Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Dalfin, 2019 NY Slip Op 01255, Second Dept 2-20-19

 

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