Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Wilkins

*528On April 26, 2006, the defendant executed an adjustable rate note and, in return for a loan he received, promised to pay the sum of $512,000 plus interest to the lender, WMC Mortgage Corp. The note was secured by a mortgage on the subject property, located in Hollis, New York. The mortgage stated, inter alia, that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (hereinafter MERS), was a nominee for the lender and that, for purposes of recording the mortgage, MERS was the mortgagee of record. On February 27, 2008, the mortgage was assigned by MERS, “together with the bond or obligation…