Case Name: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-RM4, et al., Respondents, v. Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-06-17
Citations: 118 A.D.3d 555
Docket Number: 
Parties: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-RM4, et al., Respondents, v Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., et al., Appellants.
Judges: Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Richter and Kapnick, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 555–556

Head Matter:
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-RM4, et al., Respondents, v Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., et al., Appellants.
[987 NYS2d 158]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered September 28, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendants' motion to dismiss the breach of contract claims as against Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., unanimously affirmed, without costs.
We affirm, for reasons different from those given by the motion court. The contract provision at issue is ambiguous, and therefore its meaning cannot be determined without reference to extrinsic evidence (see Chimart Assoc. v Paul, 66 NY2d 570, 572-573 [1986]).
Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Richter and Kapnick, JJ.