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PATANE v. GRIFFIN

164 A.D.2d 192 (1990)

John S. Patane, Appellant, v. Donna Griffin, Respondent. (Action No. 1.) John S. Patane, Appellant, v. Fred Brooks et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 2.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 21, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Morgan for appellant.

Bond, Schoeneck & King (S. Paul Battaglia of counsel), for Donna Griffin, respondent.

Mackenzie Smith Lewis Michell & Hughes (Leslie A. Bowser of counsel), for Fred Brooks, respondent.

MAHONEY, P. J., KANE, CASEY and LEVINE, JJ., concur.

MERCURE, J.

These actions arise out of a controversy surrounding plaintiff's land acquisition practices. In 1980, when plaintiff was Town Supervisor of the Town of Lenox and a member of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, he began acquiring land parcels in the Peterboro Swamps in the Town of Smithfield, Madison County, which were listed on tax maps as "owner unknown". Plaintiff, himself describing his methods...

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