Legal Opinion
Ricketson v. Village of Saranac Lake
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1911PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action to compel the determination of a claim to real property.
1Opinion of the CourtJ. A. Kellogg, J.
This action is brought pursuant to the provisions of article 5 of title 1 of chapter 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to compel the determination of a claim to real property.
The complaint alleges ownership in fee and possession by the plaintiff of a certain village lot in the village of Saranac Lake, and alleges that the defendant, a municipal corporation, unjustly claims title to or an easement in a strip' of about eleven feet wide across the southerly side and the westerly end thereof as a public highway.
The answer of the defendant denies the ownership by or possession of the plaintiff of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. . SmytheNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Brayden v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- People ex rel. Cunningham v. OsbornNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Hamilton v. Village of OwegoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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- Farmers & Mechanics' Savings Bank v. City of LockportNew York Supreme Court · 1915