Zigman v. McMackin

Plaintiff, the vendee under a contract dated November 12, 1955 for the purchase and sale of certain real property in Long Beach, Nassau County, brought an action in equity to cancel and rescind said contract, to recover the down payment of $1,500 and to have a vendee’s lien adjudged against the property in question for said down payment, with interest and costs, and the property to be sold under the direction of a referee to satisfy said vendee’s lien. A lis pendens in connection with this action was duly filed on January 23, 1956.

After trial, the court announced its decision canceling the…