Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 1, 2011 (Fargo v. Tyson)

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., was not a party to the action resulting in the judgment from which it appeals. Moreover, it had no notice of the action. Accordingly, the Supreme Court was not *758authorized to issue a judgment against it (see Harris v Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 222 AD2d 488 [1995]; Nowinski v City of New York, 189 AD2d 674, 675 [1993]; Washington v Brookdale Hosp.