Glantzis v. Padilla

In an action for an ejectment, the plaintiff appeals from an amended order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), dated December 7, 2004, which, after a nonjury trial, is in favor of the defendant Felix Padilla, Sr., on the counterclaim seeking title to certain real property by adverse possession and against him, dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the amended order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.

“To acquire title to real property by adverse possession, common law requires the possessor to establish that the character of the possession is ‘hostile…