Basurto v. Silverstein

By Judge Thomas S. Kenny

This matter is before the court on defendants’ demurrers and pleas in bar to plaintiffs’ motion for judgment Plaintiffs Jose and Fabiola Basurto defaulted on a note in the amount of $17,000 secured by a third deed of trust on their property. The noteholder, defendant Helen Goetzke, in her capacity as Trustee for George D. Goetzke, (hereinafter “Ms. Goetzke”), appointed defendants Jeffrey Silverstein and Mitchell Mutnick as substitute trustees and directed them to foreclose on the property. Mr. Silverstein personally conducted the foreclosure sale and accepted Goetzke’s…