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NEW YORK COURTS DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENJOIN A TENNESSEE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACTION (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined New York did not have the authority to decide issues affecting title to real property in another state, here Tennessee:

Plaintiff financed its purchase of the property in 2007 with a note secured by a deed of trust. In 2015, plaintiff and defendant trustee entered into a loan modification agreement (LMA) that, inter alia, bifurcated the original loan and allowed Note B to be forgiven if a subsequent sale or refinancing was insufficient to pay the principal and interest thereon. The LMA is governed by Tennessee law but requires plaintiff to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State. It does not similarly require defendant-appellants to submit to the jurisdiction of this State.

Defendant trustee advertised a nonjudicial foreclosure sale (Tenn Code Ann 35-5-101) based on plaintiff’s apparent failure to pay the entire amount due upon maturity, and its failure to cause all rents to be deposited into a lockbox. Plaintiff sued, alleging, among other things, breach of the LMA provision prohibiting the trustee from unreasonably withholding consent to refinancing.

“[T]he courts of one State may not decide issues directly affecting title to real property located in another State” … . Although a court with personal jurisdiction over the parties may adjudicate their rights with respect to foreign realty … , plaintiffs cite no authority allowing an out-of-state foreclosure sale to be enjoined … . Contrary to plaintiff’s argument, its one-sided agreement to submit to personal jurisdiction in New York does not confer upon the New York courts a contractual right to enjoin an out-of-state foreclosure sale. Clark Tower, LLC v Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2019 NY Slip Op 08975, First Dept 12-17-19

 

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