WILLS v. WILLS


28 N.Y.2d 645 (1971)

John Wills, Respondent, v. Dorothy E. Wills, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Blodnick for appellant.

Louis J. Castellano, Jr. for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur; Judge BURKE taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

We agree with the conclusions of the dissenter at the Appellate Division that the execution of the power of attorney, claimed by respondent to constitute part performance sufficient to remove the bar of the Statute of Frauds, was not unequivocally referable to the contract asserted, and that the mere failure on the part of the appellant to carry out the supposed bargain could not give rise to an inference of fraud...

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