Legal Opinion
Beneficial Mortgage Corp. v. Lawrence
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 2004PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*340In an action to cancel and expunge a mortgage satisfaction erroneously made and recorded, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered April 23, 2002, which, inter alia, upon granting the plaintiffs’ motion to strike their answer for failure to comply with discovery requests, in effect, cancelled the mortgage satisfaction.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the defendants’ contentions, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in striking their answer. Although striking a pleading pursuant to…
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