Case Name: Rhinebeck Savings Bank, Respondent, v. Putnam County Temple & Jewish Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-09-27
Citations: 87 A.D.3d 1125
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rhinebeck Savings Bank, Respondent, v Putnam County Temple & Jewish Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 1125–1126

Head Matter:
Rhinebeck Savings Bank, Respondent, v Putnam County Temple & Jewish Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendants.
[930 NYS2d 457]

Opinion:
Prior to the commencement of the instant foreclosure action by Rhinebeck Savings Bank (hereinafter the bank) against, among others, Putnam County Temple & Jewish Center, Inc. (hereinafter the temple), the temple had commenced an action (hereinafter the companion action) against, among others, the bank alleging, inter alia, that the bank's mortgages on the temple's property were invalid. In light of this Court's determination on related appeals in the companion action to reinstate several causes of action asserted against the bank pertaining to the alleged invalidity of the mortgages (see Putnam County Temple & Jewish Ctr., Inc. v Rhinebeck Sav. Bank, 87 AD3d 1118 [2011] [decided herewith]), the bank may not succeed in the instant foreclosure action if the temple succeeds in establishing that the bank's mortgages are invalid. Accordingly, the foreclosure action must be stayed pending resolution of the companion action (see CPLR 3211 [a] [4]; Wargo v Jean, 77 AD3d 919, 921 [2010] ; National Mgt. Corp. v Adolfi, 277 AD2d 553, 555 [2000]).
The temple's remaining contentions are without merit. Mastro, J.E, Balkin, Chambers and Lott, JJ., concur.