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Standard Chartered Bank v. Kittay

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 22, 1995
215 A.D.2d 645 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

May 22, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Brucia, J.).


Ordered that the appeal from the order is dismissed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the provisions of the order dated March 31, 1993, which granted those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on its third and fourth causes of action are vacated and those branches of the motion are denied, the provision of the order which denied that branch of the defendants' cross motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action is vacated and that branch of the cross motion is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings consistent herewith; and it is further,

Ordered that the appellants are awarded one bill of costs.

The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action (see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 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 (see, CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

The plaintiff's claim is based upon loan guaranties which were executed subsequent to the real property transfer in question. Debtor and Creditor Law § 273 makes no provision for those who become creditors subsequent to a fraudulent transfer (see, New Rochelle Trust Co. v Grab, 245 App. Div. 837; see also, Planned Consumer Mktg. v Coats Clark, 71 N.Y.2d 442, 450; cf., Julien J. Studley, Inc. v Lefrak, 66 A.D.2d 208, 213-214, affd 48 N.Y.2d 954; Allen v Mattison, 14 N.Y.S.2d 711, 714). Thus, the court improperly granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff on its third and fourth causes of action, and it should have granted the branch of the defendants' motion which was to dismiss the fourth cause of action since it was based upon Debtor and Creditor Law § 273.

However, there is a triable issue of fact concerning the transferor's actual intent or belief, in connection with the third, fifth, and sixth causes of action, which are based upon Debtor and Creditor Law §§ 276, 275, and 276-a, respectively (see, e.g., Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557, 562).

In light of our determination, we do not reach the parties' remaining contentions. Bracken, J.P., Joy, Friedmann and Florio, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Standard Chartered Bank v. Kittay

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 22, 1995
215 A.D.2d 645 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Standard Chartered Bank v. Kittay

Case Details

Full title:STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, Respondent, v. MAX KITTAY et al., Appellants

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

Date published: May 22, 1995

Citations

215 A.D.2d 645 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
628 N.Y.S.2d 307

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