State Street Properties, Inc. v. Mizrahi

We are cautioned not to grant the “ drastic remedy ” of summary judgment when there is any doubt as to the existence of issues or where an issue is arguable (Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox, 3 N Y 2d 395, 404; Stone v. Goodson, 8 N Y 2d 8, 12-13). Such issues include the applicable foreign law (Werfel v. Zivnostenska Banka, 287 N. Y. 91, 93; Greiner v. Freund, 286 App. Div. 996; Schwartz v. Schwartz, 190 Misc. 757, 759-760).

The cognovit judgments were entered in the Municipal Court of Chicago, First District (Cook County), under section 50 of the Illinois Civil Practice Act. The applicable…