HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Betts

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schack, J.), dated April 23, 2008, which denied its application for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendant Justine Betts and for an order of reference, with leave to renew upon its presentation of an affidavit submitted either by an officer of the plaintiff, or of a person acting with a valid power of attorney from the plaintiff, with personal, knowledge of the relevant facts constituting the claim, the default, and the amount due, an affidavit from Scott Anderson…