Smith v. Reich
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Suffolk county. Action by Charles Robinson Smith and others against Elizabeth Reich to recover possession of land. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
This action was in ejectment for' a small tract of land in the town of Islip, Suffolk county. The answer admitted possession, denied the plaintiffs’ title, and alleged that defendant and her grantors had been in uninterrupted, adverse possession for more than 20 years prior to the commencement of the action. In January, 1875, defendant purchased about 100 acres of land from Mary H. Cordts, and at that date took possession of the lands in dispute. The plaintiffs were the owners of several hundred acres lying east of the defendant’s land, and it was their claim that the disputed land was a part…
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