Stillwell v. Boyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Francis W. Boyer and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 2d day of November, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 27th day of October, 1896, and entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
This is an action in ejectment to recover possession of a parcel of land in Gravesend, which, as the plaintiff claims, formed part of a lot designated as “West Meadow Bank Lot No. 39.” The plaintiff alleged a record title to said lot No. 39, and it was conceded upon the trial that he was the sole owner in fee simple of that lot.
The defendants served separate answers, denying generally all the allegations- of the complaint. The answer of Boyer also alleged that he and the defendants Browning and their grantors, had been in adverse possession for more than twenty years. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of BernseeNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Ditmars v. SackettNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- McCarthy v. StanleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Stillwell v. BoyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Stillwell v. BoyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Griswold v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911