Legal Opinion

Village of Manchester v. Post

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1916PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Action in ejectment. Defense, adverse possession.

1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.

This is an action in ejectment. Defendants are husband and wife. In the summer of 1914 they were in possession of a strip of land thirty-three feet wide on Clifton street in the village of Manchester, which is the property here in dispute. Plaintiff began the erection of a village hall on portions of said property, claiming to own it, and both defendants interfered with plaintiff’s representatives, and ordered them off the property. What Fred Post did in the matter he did individually and not as *452agent of his wife, and he was, therefore, properly made a party defendant in this action.

Plaintiff’…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Monnot v. . MurphyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. Tarplee v. SonnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ammirati v. Van WicklenNew York Supreme Court · 2007

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