New York Court of Appeals December 15, 2009, 137 (Rondack Construction Services, Inc. v. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Inc.)

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OPINION OF THE COURT

Graffeo, J.

In this case, we reaffirm

Tiffany v St. John

(65 NY 314 [1875]) and hold that a judgment debtor’s tender to the sheriff before its property is auctioned at a judicial sale automatically discharges the execution lien, terminating the sheriff’s authority to sell the property.

In early 2006, plaintiff Rondack Construction Services, Inc.