Pugh v. Lu-Kay Holding Corp.

Plaintiff is the owner of a first mortgage on premises located in Bronx County. He has brought this action to foreclose that mortgage. The only parties who have interposed an answer are the second mortgagees. Plaintiff now moves to strike their answer and for summary judgment.

Plaintiff is a member of the Bar of the States of Tennessee, Texas and Massachusetts. He purchased the mortgage now sought to be foreclosed from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company after the fee owner had defaulted both on the first and second mortgages and during the pendency of a foreclosure suit brought by the…