Ordered that the judgment and order are affirmed, with costs.
The defendant's argument that the contract of sale is illegal and unenforceable is without merit. The fact that the contract could conceivably be used by the plaintiff in an attempt to mislead a third party as to the actual purchase price of the property is an insufficient basis for the avoidance of the contract.
Absent evidence of an intent to violate the law, "a contract that may be performed...
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