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Action for damages based on alleged oral life estate dismissed as fabricated and barred by Statute of Frauds.
The plaintiff sued for damages, claiming an equitable life estate or option to purchase a residential property based on an unwritten agreement.
The plaintiff had originally owned the property but lost it to foreclosure, after which he remained as a tenant under successive owners.
The court found the plaintiff's claims to be entirely fabricated and contradicted by documentary evidence, including a lease in which he explicitly released all claims to the property.
The action was dismissed.
