Maroon Affiliates, Inc. v. Ventra

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dowd, J.), entered January 30, 2012 in Chenango County, which denied defendant Thomas Ventra’s motion to vacate a judgment of foreclosure and sale.

In September 2007, defendant Thomas Ventra (hereinafter defendant) executed a promissory note in favor of James D. Trefz that was secured by a mortgage on property located in the City of Norwich, Chenango County. Defendant paid the first installment against this obligation and then, by his own admission, ceased to make any further payments. Trefz assigned the note and mortgage to plaintiff, and plaintiff…