The court should not have found that plaintiff failed to establish its standing by submission of documentary evidence proving the chain of ownership of the note at issue. Since defendant was moving for dismissal of the complaint, the burden was on him to make a prima facie demonstration that plaintiff lacked standing. In order to defeat the motion, plaintiff did not need to affirmatively establish its standing, but only to raise a triable issue of fact as to its standing...
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