Fairhaven Properties, Inc. v. Garden City Plaza, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Fairhaven Properties, Inc. v. Garden City Plaza, Inc.

119 A.D.2d 796, 501 N.Y.S.2d 422, 1986 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 55737

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 28, 1986

StatusPublished

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Fairhaven Properties, Inc. v. Garden City Plaza, Inc., 119 A.D.2d 796, 501 N.Y.S.2d 422, 1986 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 55737 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1986).

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— In an action for a judgment declaring that certain liens are subordinate to the plaintiffs mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roberto, J.), dated April 10, 1985, which granted so much of a motion as sought to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and (2) a judgment of the same court, dated April 16, 1985, which dismissed the complaint.

Appeal from the order dismissed (see, Matter of Aho, 39 NY2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Judgment affirmed.

The respondents are awarded one bill of costs.

The plaintiffs action for declaratory relief is premature (see, Cutro v Sheehan Agency, 96 AD2d 669; Combustion Eng. v Travelers Indem. Co., 75 AD2d 777, affd 53 NY2d 875). "The declaratory judgment procedure is intended to deal with actual problems and not with remote possibilities which may never eventuate” (Guibord v Guibord, 2 AD2d 34, 36; see also, Prashker v United States Guar. Co., 1 NY2d 584). Until there is a declared default and the commencement of foreclosure proceedings, there is no justiciable controversy. If foreclosure does occur, there will be time to litigate the priority of liens on the property. Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Gibbons and Bracken, JJ., concur.

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— In an action for a judgment declaring that certain liens are subordinate to the plaintiffs mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roberto, J.), dated April 10, 1985, which granted so much of a motion as sought to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and (2) a judgment of the same court, dated April 16, 1985, which dismissed the complaint.

Appeal from the order dismissed (see, Matter of Aho, 39 NY2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Judgment affirmed.

The respondents are awarded one bill of costs.

The plaintiffs action for declaratory relief is premature (see, Cutro v Sheehan Agency, 96 AD2d 669; Combustion Eng. v Travelers Indem. Co., 75 AD2d 777, affd 53 NY2d 875). "The declaratory judgment procedure is intended to deal with actual problems and not with remote possibilities which may never eventuate” (Guibord v Guibord, 2 AD2d 34, 36; see also, Prashker v United States Guar. Co., 1 NY2d 584). Until there is a declared default and the commencement of foreclosure proceedings, there is no justiciable controversy. If foreclosure does occur, there will be time to litigate the priority of liens on the property. Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Gibbons and Bracken, JJ., concur.

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