Gray v. Bradley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burling, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the former Court of Chancery dismissing a bill seeking to impress a lien upon certain lands in Ridgewood in the County of Bergen. The decisive issue is whether the facts adduced give rise to a constructive trust resulting from an alleged unjust enrichment.

Complainant, a widow with a son aged eleven', moved from the State of Georgia to the house of her older sister, the defendant, upon the death of her husband in 1942. The defendant is unmarried and a school teacher, with whom resides another sister, Marion,…