Bendheim v. Butler

—White, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hughes, J.), entered July 17, 1997 in Albany County, upon a decision of the court in favor of plaintiffs.

In 1969, Herman Salomon rented an apartment in the City of Albany from defendant Robert Butler and his former wife, Joyce Butler.1 Over the years, Salomon and the Butlers became friendly and, after Salomon’s father died in 1972, the Butlers helped Salomon move a number of items of personal property from his father’s apartment in New York City to Albany where it was stored in the Butlers’ garage. Included in the property were five oil…