Alliance Funding Co. of Nevada, Inc. v. Coward

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Ne-ville Coward appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), dated February 22, 1996, which denied his motion, inter alia, to vacate a judgment entered upon his default in answering the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To establish entitlement to vacatur of a judgment entered upon the movant’s default, the movant must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense (see, Betancourth v Pacheco, 232 AD2d 442; Fennell v Mason, *533204 AD2d 599; Putney v Pearlman, 203…