Acres v. Hitchcock

Appeals (1)from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of respondents, entered March 28,1979 in Essex County, upon a decision of the court at a Trial Term, without a jury, and (2) from an amended order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered March 25, 1980 in Essex County, which settled the record on appeal. This appeal is the result of two actions brought to settle the title to a 35-foot strip of land in Essex County. Richard and Jane Hitchcock (plaintiffs) purchased some property on Lake George in 1956 from Tiroga Realty, Inc. It was the plaintiffs’ understanding, based on oral…