Legal Opinion

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Marchione

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 20, 2009PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Leventhal, J.

The issue presented on this appeal is whether an assignee of a note and mortgage has standing to commence a foreclosure action prior to the date of the execution of the assignment. We hold that an assignee in such a case has no standing.

The defendants Vincent Marchione and Debbie Marchione (hereinafter together the defendants) moved, inter alia, to dismiss this foreclosure action for lack of standing because the assignment of the mortgage to the plaintiff, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (hereinafter Wells Fargo), did not occur until after the foreclosure action had…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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3Cited by43 opinions

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