McKenzie v. Woodward

1. The purchaser at a judicial sale attacking a title has the burden of showing facts which impair the title (Greenblatt v. Hermann, 144 N. Y. 13; Seitz v. Messerschmitt, 117 App. Div. 401, 407; Hagan v. Drucker, 90 id. 28; Goodwin v. Crooks, 33 Misc. Rep. 39), and where the validity of *48the title depends on an impossible or remote contingency the court will compel specific performance. Ferry v. Sampson, 112 N. Y. 415; Cambrelleng v. Purton, 125 id. 617; Hamershlag v. Duryea, 58 App. Div. 288; Empire Realty Corp. v. Sayre, 107 id. 415; Seitz v. Messerschmitt, supra. If the defect relied upon…