Bullenkamp v. Bullenkamp
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Annie Bullenkamp,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered- in tl;e office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of February, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, except from so much thereof as awards to. the defendant the amount of a counterclaim pleaded in her answer.
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Appeal by the defendant, Annie Bullenkamp,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered- in tl;e office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of February, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, except from so much thereof as awards to. the defendant the amount of a counterclaim pleaded in her answer. This action was brought to procure a reconveyance of lands conveyed by the plaintiff to the defendant for a nominal consideration, upon the alleged agreement of the defendant to reconvey the premises…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The court found in accordance with the testimony that when the deed of the premises was executed and delivered ¡by the plaintiff to the defendant, the premises had become so incumbered by taxes and assessments that unless a considerable payment was made thereon they would be sold. It is quite evident from the testimony in the case that, unless some person was induced to advance the money *511necessary to discharge the pressing demands then existing against the property, the equity of the plaintiff therein, would'he wiped out. .It is further evident that prior to- the time Avhen Henry…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goldsmith v. . GoldsmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Hutchinson v. HutchinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Bullenkamp v. BullenkampAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- Jurgenson v. DanaNew York Supreme Court · 1913