Legal Opinion
Hutton v. Townsend
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 25, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Yesawich, Jr., J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Shea, J.), entered November 26, 1986 in St. Lawrence County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs commenced this action in 1985 to quiet title to an 84-plus-acre parcel of land which they claimed to own by adverse possession. Supreme Court found defendant to be the title holder of record of the disputed property and indicated to counsel it intended to charge the jury the essentials of adverse possession pursuant to RPAPL 521 and 522. In fact the court charged RPAPL 512 verbatim, the essentials of adverse…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Marine Midland Bank v. John E. Russo Produce Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Sackett v. O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
- Sackett v. O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
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