Gutterman v. Klahr

In an action by an assignee to foreclose a purchase-money mortgage, defendant Gloria B. Klahr appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated December 15, 1977, which granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and the appointment of a Referee to compute and denied her cross motion, inter alia, for leave to amend her answer so as to set forth, as an affirmative defense, an alleged violation of section 488 of the Judiciary Law (champerty). Order modified by deleting therefrom the provisions which granted plaintiffs motion and denied appellant’s motion and substituting…