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ACTION SEEKING REFORMATION OF NOTE AND MORTGAGE PROPERLY DISMISSED UNDER DOCTRINE OF LACHES.

The Second Department determined plaintiffs’ action seeking reformation of a note and mortgage was properly dismissed under the doctrine of laches:

…[W]hile the plaintiffs may have, at one point, had a cause of action for reformation of the note and mortgage on the basis of mutual mistake … , the Supreme Court properly determined that such a cause of action is barred by the plaintiffs’ laches in asserting a right to reformation. ” The doctrine of laches is an equitable doctrine which bars the enforcement of a right where there has been an unreasonable and inexcusable delay that results in prejudice to a party'” … . Prejudice may be demonstrated “by a showing of injury, change of position, loss of evidence, or some other disadvantage resulting from the delay” … . The plaintiffs unreasonably delayed in asserting a right to reformation of the note and mortgage for almost six years, during which time they made payments in accordance with the terms of the note and mortgage. Further, the defendant would be prejudiced in defending the action at this time by the loss of evidence resulting from her husband’s death in 2012, approximately 4½ years after the note and mortgage were executed … . Diecidue v Russo, 2016 NY Slip Op 05907, 2nd Dept 8-31-16

 

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