Legal Opinion
Greenpoint Bank v. Ginyard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 10, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant William C. Hamilton appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.), entered September 24, 1997, which, inter alia, granted the *452plaintiffs motion to vacate its default in seeking to enter a judgment within one year of his default in appearing in the action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
An action is deemed abandoned where a default has occurred and a plaintiff has failed to take proceedings for the entry of a judgment within one year thereafter (see, CPLR 3215 [c]). In order to avoid the dismissal of the…
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