The court opined that the subject case “rivals the long running dispute in Charles Dickens’ novel, Bleak House, and will end no better.” These cases have been pending since 1996. In 2006, a judge held a trial and “ruled in (“A’s”) favor on her claim for rescission of four apartment sales.” The court found that (“B”) had “duped (“A”) into selling the apartments.”

The court ordered that the “sales [be] rescinded and that the purchase price refunded.” It further ordered that partnership (“C”), be “dissolved and the assets distributed ‘equitably.’” It also imposed a “constructive trust upon defendants for the rent and profits from the rental of the four apartments and named (“C”) as the recipient of that constructive trust….” The parties then engaged in “all sorts of motion practice to vacate and renew.” The Appellate Division had affirmed.

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