Lobdell v. Smith

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Dawson, J.), entered January 15, 1998 in Clinton County, upon a decision of the court in favor of defendant.

This appeal concerns a dispute as to the ownership of an undeveloped parcel of land located in the Town of Schuyler Falls, Clinton County. The chain of title to the property in question may be traced to Henry Lobdell who, upon his death in 1868, bequeathed 80 acres from the north end of his “home farm” to Louisa Arnold, with said 80 acres to be taken from what was described as lot Nos. 15 and 18. The entire 80 acres ultimately…