Lester v. Zimmer

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• holding that plaintiffs participation, support, and financial contributions to construction of vacation home during ten-year relationship with defendant were relevant considerations. in action for imposition of constructive trust
• holding that plaintiff’s participation, support, and financial contributions to construction of vacation home during ten-year relationship with defendant were relevant considerations in action for imposition of constructive trust
• for a constructive trust to be imposed, there must be a transfer in reliance on a promise to share in the result
• constructive trust may be imposed where plaintiff did not relinquish actual interest in property but nonetheless contributed funds, time and effort toward construction of property

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Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marini v. Lombardo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-12-17· cited 310×
• Cruz v. McAneney
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-05-02· cited 54×
• Ruiz v. Meloney
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-02-28· cited 43×
• Ehlinger v. Ruberti, Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-04-10· cited 25×
• Gottlieb v. Gottlieb
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-10-01· cited 24×
• Mendel v. Hewitt
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-05-03· cited 21×
• Booth v. Booth
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-12-05· cited 20×
• Williams v. Lynch
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-12-11· cited 20×
• Henness v. Hunt
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-05-18· cited 16×
• Crown Realty Co. v. Crown Heights Jewish Community Council
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-07-08· cited 15×
• Eickler v. Pecora
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-11-29· cited 14×
• Diaz v. Diaz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-07-01· cited 13×
• Terrille v. Terrille
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-03-07· cited 11×
• Shattuck v. Peck
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-01-11· cited 10×
• Marini v. Lombardo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-04-24· cited 8×
• Beekman Paper Co. v. St. Theresa Properties, Inc. (In Re St. Theresa Properties, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 1993-03-31· cited 6×
• Melnick v. Press
  E.D. New York· 2011-08-12· cited 6×
• Hira v. Bajaj
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-04-09· cited 6×
• Lester v. Zimmer
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-10-21· cited 4×
• Kinney v. Gallagher
  W.D. New York· 2015-01-23· cited 4×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sharp v. Kosmalski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-06-15· cited 800×
• Ball v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-04-07· cited 533×
• Janke v. Janke
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-04-23· cited 77×
• Scivoletti v. Marsala
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-02-16· cited 52×
• Janke v. Janke
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-04-29· cited 48×
• In re the Accounting of the Marine Midland Trust Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1971-05-20· cited 42×
• Bontecou v. Goldman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-07-02· cited 40×
• In re the Accounting of the Marine Midland Trust Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1972-01-13· cited 38×
• Scivoletti v. Marsala
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-10-03· cited 35×
• Artache v. Goldin
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-10-05· cited 32×
• Hornett v. Leather
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-12-15· cited 23×
• Tomaino v. Tomaino
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-05-22· cited 18×
• Blake-Veeder Realty, Inc. v. Crayford
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-04-25· cited 18×
• Motyl v. Motyl
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1970-12-29· cited 14×
• Tidball v. Tidball
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-04-28· cited 7×

Other cases named Lester v. Zimmer

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Lester v. Zimmer
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-10-21· cited 4×