Crossland Mortgage Corp. v. Roberts
This text of 35 A.D.3d 788 (Crossland Mortgage Corp. v. Roberts) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Helen Roberts appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kelly, J.), entered July 19, 2005, which, after a hearing to determine the validity of service of process, denied her motion to vacate the judgment of foreclosure and sale.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the appellant’s contention, the plaintiff met its burden of establishing personal jurisdiction over the appellant by a preponderance of the evidence at the hearing (see R.P. Cautela Realty v McDonald, 239 AD2d 481 [1997]). The Supreme Court properly concluded that the discrepancy between the appellant’s actual age and the approximation thereof made by the process server at the time of service was insufficient to disprove personal service (see R.P. Cautela Realty v McDonald, supra; Skyline Agency v Coppotelli, Inc., 117 AD2d 135 [1986]; cf. Warney v Haddad, 194 AD2d 478 [1993]).
The appellant’s remaining contention is without merit. Schmidt, J.E, Santucci, Krausman and Rivera, JJ., concur.
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