THE BANK’S PROOF OF STANDING TO BRING THE FORECLOSURE ACTION WAS INSUFFICIENT (SECOND DEPT),
The Second Department determined the bank’s motion for summary judgment in this foreclosure action should have been denied because the proof the bank has standing was insufficient:
… [T]he plaintiff failed to establish, prima facie, that it had standing to commence this action. Although the plaintiff attached to the complaint copies of the note and an undated purported allonge endorsed in blank, the plaintiff did not demonstrate that the purported allonge, which was on a piece of paper completely separate from the note, was “so firmly affixed thereto as to become a part thereof,” as required by UCC 3-202(2) … . U.S. Bank, N.A. v Ainsley, 2021 NY Slip Op 02014, Second Dept 3-31-21
