Mendelsohn v. Mendelsohn

This is an action for partition brought by a husband against his wife, in which the complainant seeks to charge against his wife's interest the expenditures made by him in improving the property in question.

In April, 1916, about a year after the marriage of the parties, the property in question, 146 Broadway, Paterson, New Jersey, was conveyed to complainant and defendant jointly, with the result that they became tenants by the entirety. The parties resided in the house on the premises until the spring of 1922, when complainant purchased a home on East Thirty-sixth street. In October, 1924,…