Opinion
April 24, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Jefferson County, Gilbert, J.
Present — Denman, P.J., Green, Pine, Balio and Fallon, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: We reject plaintiff's contention that Supreme Court erroneously found that defendants had adversely possessed the concrete slab. The court's findings of fact, which are fully supported by the record, established that defendants' possession of the concrete slab, used as a boat launch, was hostile and under claim of right, actual, open and notorious, exclusive and continuous for the statutory period (see, Belotti v Bickhardt, 228 N.Y. 296, 302; Doherty v Matsell, 119 N.Y. 646; City of Tonawanda v Ellicott Cr. Homeowners Assn., 86 A.D.2d 118, 120; see also, Chavoustie v Stone St. Baptist Church, 171 A.D.2d 1055).
We also reject plaintiff's contention that defendants' claim was barred because plaintiff had paid real property taxes on the disputed property (see, Consolidated Ice Co. v Mayor of City of N Y, 166 N.Y. 92, 101; see also, Archibald v New York Cent. Hudson Riv. R.R. Co., 157 N.Y. 574, 583).