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JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

191 A.D.2d 257 (1993)

594 N.Y.S.2d 259

Everette Johnson, Respondent, v. Leighton Johnson, Appellant, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 11, 1993

The IAS Court properly granted summary judgment. The signed and witnessed agreement clearly establishes the intent of the parties to share joint ownership of the proceeds (see, Slatt v Slatt, 64 N.Y.2d 966) and is supported by consideration, i.e., the forebearance and mutual promises made by the parties to surrender their respective rights to claim the entire prize as their own due to the lottery's "sole claimant" rule and...

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