Legal Opinion
Mele v. Okubo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 9, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*600In an action, inter alia, to impose a constructive trust, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Costello, J.), dated June 20, 2005, which granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to enter judgment upon his failure to appear or answer the complaint and denied his cross motion to direct the plaintiff to accept late service of his verified answer and counterclaims.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, on the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, the plaintiffs motion for leave to enter judgment upon the defendant’s failure to appear or…
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