The Special Term held that the final order and determination in a prior summary proceeding were neither res judicata nor operated as a collateral estoppel preventing the respondent Charles Lutz from asserting title by adverse possession; that the weight and probative value of statements made by him in earlier litigation were matters for consideration by the trier of the facts; and that the character of his use of the premises and the hostility and the adversity of...
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