Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Hayden et al., Respondents, v. Thomas Tallman, as Trustee of Village of Hamburg, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-03-19
Citations: 5 A.D.3d 1021
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Hayden et al., Respondents, v Thomas Tallman, as Trustee of Village of Hamburg, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 1021–1021

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph Hayden et al., Respondents, v Thomas Tallman, as Trustee of Village of Hamburg, et al., Appellants.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[773 NYS2d 324]

Opinion:
Appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Edward A. Rath, Jr., J.), entered November 15, 2002. The judgment declared, after a hearing, that the parcel at issue is a public park.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: We affirm for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. We note, however, that petitioners were only required to establish their entitlement to the relief sought by a preponderance of the evidence and not, as respondents contend, by clear and convincing evidence. Present—Green, J.P., Hurlbutt, Gorski, Lawton and Hayes, JJ.