Case Name: Shorehaven Property, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v. John McGrath et al., Respondents-Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-06-30
Citations: 251 A.D.2d 261
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shorehaven Property, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v John McGrath et al., Respondents-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 261–261

Head Matter:
Shorehaven Property, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v John McGrath et al., Respondents-Appellants.
[675 NYS2d 528]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered October 20, 1997, which denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on its cause of action for ejectment, and denied defendants' cross motion for summary judgment on their counterclaim for title by adverse possession, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
An issue of fact exists as to whether defendants' use of and improvements to the land show actual continued occupation under a claim of right within the meaning of RPAPL 521 (see, City of Tonawanda v Ellicott Cr. Homeowners Assn., 86 AD2d 118, 122-123, appeal dismissed 58 NY2d 824). Concur — Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Nardelli, Wallach and Rubin, JJ.