Opn. No.

John M. Donoghue, Esq. Poughkeepsie, N Y

This is in reply to your inquiry of December 22, 1977 concerning the validity of a school district's claim of title, based upon adverse possession, to land conveyed to the Village of Millbrook in 1896. You specifically question if one municipality can claim title adversely to the property of another municipality. As you realize, this office does not determine the validity of title in dispute between two municipalities. This can be judicially decided either in a proceeding under Article 1500 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (Carpenter v.…