BANK OF N.Y. v. SILVERBERG

2010-00131.

86 A.D.3d 274 (2011)

926 N.Y.S.2d 532

2011 NY Slip Op 5002

BANK OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEPHEN SILVERBERG et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided June 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Silverberg , PLLC, Uniondale, for appellants.

McCabe , Weisberg & Conway, P.C., New Rochelle ( Lisa L. Wallace and Doron Zanani of counsel), for respondent.

FLORIO, J.P., DICKERSON and BELEN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LEVENTHAL, J.

This matter involves the enforcement of the rules that govern real property and whether such rules should be bent to accommodate a system that has taken on a life of its own. The issue presented on this appeal is whether a party has standing to commence a foreclosure action when that party's assignor—in this case, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (hereinafter MERS)—was listed in the underlying...

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