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M T MORTGAGE CORPORATION, respondent, v. JULIA ETHRIDGE, appellant.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated May 17, 2001, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order dated August 13, 2001, made upon reargument; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated August 13, 2001, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,

ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiff.

The Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. In support of its motion, the plaintiff established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law through the production of a mortgage and an unpaid note. It was then incumbent upon the appellant to assert any defense which could properly raise a question of fact as to her default on the mortgage (see LBV Prop. v. Greenport Dev. Co., 188 A.D.2d 588, 589). The appellant's conclusory and unsubstantiated allegations that the plaintiff behaved in a fraudulent and collusive manner are insufficient to create a triable issue of fact (see Marine Midland Bank v. Renck, 208 A.D.2d 688, 689; LBV Prop. v. Greenport Dev. Co., supra). The appellant alleges that she relied upon prior or contemporaneous statements of the plaintiff at the time of the execution of the note. Such assertions violate the parol evidence rule and are barred (see North Fork Bank Trust Co. v. Bernstein Gershman, 201 A.D.2d 472).

Moreover, the appellant has failed to demonstrate how further discovery might reveal the existence of a triable issue of fact which would warrant the denial of summary judgment (see Castrol, Inc. v. Parm Trading Co. of N.Y.C., 228 A.D.2d 633, 634).

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., KRAUSMAN, CRANE and MASTRO, JJ., concur.

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M T MORTGAGE CORP. v. ETHRIDGE
(Dec 2, 2002)