Legal Opinion
Awad v. Severino
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 28, 1986PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action for specific performance of a contract to sell real estate, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pizzuto, J.), dated March 28, 1985, which denied their motion to vacate a judgment entered on default.
Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We find no abuse of discretion in the court’s denial of the defendants’ motion to open their default and vacate the judgment which was entered against them. In order to obtain relief from a judgment or order pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) the defaulting party must show a reasonable excuse for the…
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