Niemi Bros. v. Rosenbluh

This action is to recover the sum of $500, with interest, which sum was paid by plaintiff to defendant as an initial payment under a contract of sale of real property situated in the county of Bronx. The contract is dated January 3, 1930, and the closing of title was therein fixed for February 4, 1930. After the contract was executed, an examination of the docket of the clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York disclosed an entry therein on December 4, 1929, of a judgment in favor of the United States of America against the defendant herein for internal…