Fenisia Garage Corp. v. Exxon Corp.

In an action to compel the determination of claims to real property pursuant to RPAPL article 15, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCaffrey, J.), dated December 15, 2000, which, inter alia, granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied its cross motion for summary judgment on the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It is well settled that a party seeking to acquire title by adverse possession must establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the possession of the parcel was hostile,…