First Bank of Americas v. Collins

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Tejada, J.), entered December 15, 1997, which granted the petition and canceled respondent attorney’s purported lien on motor vehicle titles in his possession and directed respondent to turn over said titles to petitioner, unanimously affirmed, with costs and disbursements.

The court properly found that petitioner, a secured creditor, had, on the default of Sovereign Leasing Ltd., the right to take *294possession of the collateral (Carl Zeiss, Inc. v Micro Med Instruments, 186 AD2d 778), including the subject motor vehicle…