Van Valen v. Ferraro

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered June 5, 1984 in Broome County, upon a decision of the court at Trial Term (Tait, Jr., J.), without a jury.

In 1979, plaintiff and her former husband, owners as tenants by the entirety of a two-family home located at 702 Chenango Street, Port Dickinson, Broome County, were involved in a potentially risky business venture and devised a plan whereby plaintiff’s brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Robin Ferraro (hereinafter defendants), would act as straw persons for plaintiff and her former husband in obtaining…