Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. v. Santoro

We quash the order of the trial court entered on Loy’s “Renewed Motion to Enforce and Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration.”

Six years ago, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation (Chase) instituted a mortgage foreclosure against Loy and her former husband. In June 1999, Chase filed a motion to withdraw the note and mortgage, to voluntarily dismiss the action without prejudice, and to discharge the lis pendens. The Chase motion recited its receipt of a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The trial court, as requested, entered an order dismissing the foreclosure and ordering return of the note and…