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Price v. Brown

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 2, 1886
5 N.E. 434 (N.Y. 1886)

Summary

In Price v. Brown (101 N.Y. 669, 671) the court said: "A person cannot acquire title to an uninclosed, unoccupied, unimproved parcel of land by taking a deed thereof from one not the owner, and then merely going upon the land and there asserting his ownership; nor can he acquire the title by taking such a deed and then making an occasional foray upon the land for grass or sand, and thus committing trespass against the real owner. (Miller v. L.I.R.R. Co., 71 N.Y. 380.)

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Opinion

Submitted February 6, 1886

Decided March 2, 1886

Thomas Young for appellants.

N.S. Ackerly for respondents.



EARL, J., reads for reversal and new trial.

All concur.

Judgment reversed.


Summaries of

Price v. Brown

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 2, 1886
5 N.E. 434 (N.Y. 1886)

In Price v. Brown (101 N.Y. 669, 671) the court said: "A person cannot acquire title to an uninclosed, unoccupied, unimproved parcel of land by taking a deed thereof from one not the owner, and then merely going upon the land and there asserting his ownership; nor can he acquire the title by taking such a deed and then making an occasional foray upon the land for grass or sand, and thus committing trespass against the real owner. (Miller v. L.I.R.R. Co., 71 N.Y. 380.)

Summary of this case from Wiechers v. McCormick
Case details for

Price v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:MARY PRICE et al., Respondents, v . SEPTIMUS BROWN et al., Appellants

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 2, 1886

Citations

5 N.E. 434 (N.Y. 1886)
5 N.E. 434

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