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Penna v. Caratozzolo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 22, 1987
131 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

June 22, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Williams, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiffs are the two sons and the granddaughter of Angelina Penna. The defendant is Angelina's daughter. In 1976, Angelina executed a will which bequeathed a certain piece of real property she owned to the parties in this action. In May 1980 Angelina transferred this property to the defendant. Angelina died in December 1980. The plaintiffs commenced this action in August 1982 alleging that the defendant fraudulently induced the decedent to convey the property with the intent to defraud the plaintiffs.

A review of the complaint reveals that the plaintiffs failed to supply any details as to how the alleged fraud was perpetrated, as required by CPLR 3016 (b). Indeed, the complaint contains nothing but conclusory assertions of fraud without any facts to support a finding that any fraudulent act was committed (see, Glassman v Catli, 111 A.D.2d 744; Gill v Caribbean Home Remodeling Co., 73 A.D.2d 609). In particular, the complaint fails to set forth any facts alleging the required false representation or its equivalent (see, Lanzi v Brooks, 54 A.D.2d 1057, affd 43 N.Y.2d 778). The rule, as recently restated by this court in Gervasio v Di Napoli ( 126 A.D.2d 514), is that "[b]are allegations of fraud without any allegation of the details constituting the wrong are clearly insufficient to sustain such a cause of action" (see also, Lapis Enters. v International Blimpie Corp., 84 A.D.2d 286; Gill v Caribbean Home Remodeling Co., supra).

The plaintiffs' contention that they should be granted leave to replead is without merit since they failed to establish by extrinsic evidence that by repleading they would be able to state a cause of action (see, Scaccia v Mack Trucks, 83 A.D.2d 903; Metro Envelope Corp. v Westvaco, 72 A.D.2d 695). Mangano, J.P., Niehoff, Spatt and Harwood, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Penna v. Caratozzolo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 22, 1987
131 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

Penna v. Caratozzolo

Case Details

Full title:ROCCO PENNA et al., Appellants, v. JENNIE CARATOZZOLO, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 22, 1987

Citations

131 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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