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- Title: George M. Bailey Et Al. v. Helen Mormino
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 10, 1958
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
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Judgment entered October 24, 1957, reversed on the law and facts and matter remitted to the Official Referee for further proceedings
in accordance with the memorandum. Memorandum: The mere fact that the defendant Mormino, one of the tenants in common, has
made improvements or repairs upon the property does not in itself necessarily give a right to an equitable allowance. We
find no evidence in the record from which it could be determined whether such expenditures were for the purpose of improving
and preserving the property or whether they were made for her own personal convenience and enjoyment of the property. We therefore
agree that the Official Referee properly disallowed the claim for moneys expended for alleged improvements or repairs (See
Scott v. Guernsey, 48 N. Y. 106; Cosgriff v. Foss, 152 N. Y. 105; Ford v. Knapp, 102 N. Y. 135.) The moneys which she expended
in payments to the bank which held the mortgage, however, present a different situation. Inspection of the bank receipts in
evidence indicates that such payments included taxes and principal and interest on the mortgage. Such payments were presumably
necessary to prevent default on the mortgage and consequently inured to the benefit of her cotenants as well as herself. She
is entitled to be reimbursed out of the proceeds of the sale for one half of the moneys expended by her for taxes and principal
and interest on the mortgage covering the period from March 29, 1949 to the date of the sale. (See Arthur v. Arthur, 76 App.
Div. 330; Clute v. Clute, 197 N. Y. 439, 447; Vlacancich v. Kenny, 271 N. Y. 164; Matter of Hazley, 166 Misc. 745, 749.) All
concur. (Appeal from a judgment of Monroe Supreme Court dismissing the counterclaim of defendant Mormino on the merits, in
a partition action.) Present - McCurn, P.J., Kimball, Williams, Bastow and Halpern, JJ.