People v. La Prairie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Harry La Prairie and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hamilton on the 12th day of September, 1912, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Pulton Special Term. The judgment awarded possession of certain property to the plaintiff in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
The property recovered is the gospel and school lot and the literature lot, containing about 1,280 acres, in township 19, Totten & Grossfield’s Purchase, in Hamilton county. The defendants relied upon adverse possession, but abandoned that claim upon the trial and defended the action upon the theory that they were squatters or mere possessors of the land. They did not claim title in themselves nor connect themselves with the title, but sought to defeat the plaintiff’s claim upon the ground that plaintiff’s title was defective.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wells v. . JohnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Raquette Falls Land Co. v. International Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Raquette Falls Land Co. v. International Paper Co.New York Supreme Court · 1903
- Raquette Falls Land Co. v. BuyceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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- Rice v. CaldwellNew York Supreme Court · 1951