Legal Opinion

City of Kingston v. Knaust

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 6, 2001PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rose, J.

Plaintiffs commenced this action under RPAPL article 15 and CPLR 3001 to quiet title to certain excavated caves or mines lying beneath plaintiffs’ real properties in the City of Kingston, Ulster County. After various preliminary proceedings, including defendants’ assertion of a counterclaim for adverse possession, plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment. Supreme Court granted the motion and declared plaintiffs to be the owners of the subject properties including the caves. Defendants now appeal.

The properties at issue were originally part of a larger tract of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Thompson v. . SimpsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Hinkley v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
  3. Butler v. . Frontier Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
  4. Marraccini v. BertelsmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  5. Shawangunk Conservancy, Inc. v. FinkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Koepp v. HollandDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2010
  2. Ropitzky v. HungerfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. Silipigno v. F.R. Smith & Sons, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Town of Fowler v. ParowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. Ivory v. International Business Machines Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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