Legal Opinion
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Singh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 23, 2017No. 2016-08097PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (David Elliot, J.), entered January 13, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Jaspal Singh which was to vacate his default in answering the complaint and for leave to serve a late answer.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“To extend the time to answer the complaint and to compel the plaintiff to accept an untimely answer as timely, a defendant must provide a reasonable excuse for the delay and demonstrate a potentially meritorious defense…
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