Legal Opinion
Conklin v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 19, 1954No. Claim No. 29681; Claim No. 30648PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtImrie, J.
This controversy involves the title of property in the town of Haverstraw, Eocldand County, New York, conveyed on May 9, 1872, by Cortland Conklin and Margaret Jane, his wife, to four named “ Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Johnsontown.” Between that time and 1875 a small church was constructed. In 1947 land and buildings were appropriated by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Notices of claim, as owners, were filed by Austin W. Conklin and two others, designating themselves as trustees of the Johnsontown church, and by the trustees of the Newark Annual Conference of the…
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