Wightman v. Campbell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas W. Campbell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tates on the 6th day of December, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
The judgment appealed from awards to plaintiff, together with the costs of the action, the possession of a tract of land about three-quarters of an acre in extent, situate on the shore of Keuka lake, which, as was found by the verdict of the jury, was without right withheld by defendant claiming title thereto.
Defendant is the owner of a parcel of land which adjoins lands in which plaintiff has a- life estate. The north line of defendant’s parcel is the south line of plaintiff’s land. This line is the center of a small stream, known as- Basswood creek,' as it existed in 1851, when…
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