Kingsland v. Bartlett

By the Court, Clerke, J. An application to open a sale under a judgment, on the ground of misapprehension as to the time of sale, or any other circumstances not affecting the regularity of the proceedings, must necessarily be addressed to the discretion of the court. And this discretion is regulated, as in every case where the court is called to exercise it, by the consideration whether, from the collateral facts, the conduct of the parties, and perhaps the amount for which the property was sold, it would be •expedient, in justice to all concerned, including the purchaser, to order a resale. This excludes the idea of any right, on the subject. There can be no right where no legal mistake has been committed by those who have conducted "the proceedings. There maybe hard-? [481] ship, hut this is entirely for the consideration of the judge who hears the application. [New York General Term, November 4, 1858. Davies, Clerke and Ingraham,, Justices.] I think, therefore, the appeal should he dismissed, with $10 costs.