Steele v. Batalo

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

In this chancery action, Robert Steele asks the court to impose a resulting or constructive trust on a house and lot in Richmond. Steele also asks the court to find that the defendant, Karen Batalo, has been “fraudulently unjustly enriched” by the actions about which Steele complains. The case is currently before the court on Batalo’s demurrer.

The allegations of the amended bill of complaint, which on demurrer will be taken as true, are that in May 1999, Steele and Batalo purchased together the real property in question. They agreed that title to the property would…