Hinkelman v. Berringer

BANDY, Circuit Judge.

Elizabeth Berringer, a widow, owned a tract of land known as the “lake property,” which was thought susceptible to development as a summer resort. In 1947, under an oral agreement, her son William M. Berringer and his wife, Marie, went into possession of this property and thereafter made improvements thereon appropriate to resort development. In 1949 William died intestate and his estate vested in his wife, Marie, who continued in possession of the “lake property.” In 1952 Elizabeth Berringer conveyed this property to her daughter, Eleanor Y. Hinkelman. Subsequent to the…