Case Name: Mary Bullenkamp, Appellant, v. Annie Bullenkamp, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-06
Citations: 52 A.D. 623
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Bullenkamp, Appellant, v. Annie Bullenkamp, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 623–624

Head Matter:
Mary Bullenkamp, Appellant, v. Annie Bullenkamp, Respondent.
Judgment affirmed, with costs. — Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, which judgment was entered - in the office of the clerk of Kings county on the 29th day of December, 1899, after a trial at Special Term.—

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This case has already been twice reviewed in this court. (Bullenkamp v. Bullenkamp, 34 App. Div. 193; 43 id. 510) Upon the first appeal we held that at most the findings of the trial court established only the breach of an oral agreement to re~ conveyland. Such an agreement not being enforcible in equity, we reversed the judg-1 ment directing a reconveyance by the defendant and sent the case back for a new trial, with an intimation that upon the proof fliere to be adduced the plaintiff might make out an implied trust in real property under the doctrine of Goldsmith v. Goldsmith (145 N. Y. 313), arising out of a paroi .agreement between parties occupying relatians of peculiar confidence toward one another; Upon the second trial the plaintiff ¡successfully invoked this doctrine, and again prevailed; but upon the second appeal we were of the opinion that there was no evidence in the record to sustain the finding at the Special Term to the effect that the conveyance was procured by the improper .and controlling influence of the brother acting upon the mind of the sister. The third trial has resulted in favor of the defendant, •and the learned trial judge finds that there was no promise, either oral or written, to re-•convey the property in controversy. This finding disposes of the case, as the evidence on the subject is conflicting and there is •enough to support the conclusion reached by the learned judge. So far as the other issues •are concerned, the new. evidence, which is brief and unimportant, contains nothing to •change the views which were expressed in the opinion of Mr. Justice Hatch on the last appeal. It was designed to show that the • claims against the property amounted to only $230.03 at the time of the conveyance, and that the court was, therefore, in error in supposing that these were pressing demands which must be met to prevent the equity from being wiped out. There is other proof, however, which plainly indicates the existence of other demands already accrued or •about to accrue, which rendered it necessary to resort to the land to raise money. The judgment must be affirmed. All concurred.