Armstrong v. County of Onondaga

Callahan, J. (dissenting in part).

I must dissent in part. I agree that the trial court’s finding of abandonment is not supported in the record. Plaintiffs, Hamilton Armstrong, Jr., and Bonnie B. Armstrong, acquired certain property in 1958 from Hamilton Armstrong, Sr., and Alice Darling Armstrong which was part of an ancestoral tract dating back to a Revolutionary War grant. Plaintiffs’ great aunt, Elizabeth Armstrong, had owned approximately 300 acres situate in the Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, portions of which were previously conveyed to two nephews, Collin Armstrong and Hamilton…