Clark v. Kirkland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Appeal by the defendant, James Kirkland, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Lewis on the 30th day of July, 1908, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Lewis Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The action is to remove an alleged cloud upon the title of a tract of land in the possession of the plaintiffs and which they claim to own. The premises in controversy comprise the, northerly one-third of lot No. 71 of township 13, Boylston purchase, in the town of Osceola, county of Lewis, and the title of each party is based upon tax deeds and the priority and validity of these conflicting titles are the subject-matter of the litigation.
Frank Kumrow, Edward Cole and James M. Finch by deed bearing date November 15, 1900, acquired title by purchase of all of said lot 71 from one…
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