Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1940

Melnyk v. Tutko

Melnyk v. Tutko
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 8, 1940
260 A.D. 985; 23 N.Y.S.2d 230; 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5693
Melnyk v. Tutko

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Memorandum: We believe that the finding of title by adverse possession as to the land used as a sidewalk along the easterly side of defendants’ house and as to an easement to the land occupied for gas, water and sewer pipe is against the weight of evidence. The record does not disclose clearly the length of time, and the circumstances of the claimed adverse use. On a new trial all issues as to the entire 8.4 feet of land claimed by defendants will be open for examination. All concur. (The *986judgment is for defendants in an action in ejectment, and vacates a previous judgment in favor of plaintiff. The order grants defendants’ motion to reopen the previous judgment in favor of plaintiff.) Present — Crosby, P. J., Cunningham, Taylor, Harris and McCurn, JJ.

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