Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
It is well settled that a party who seeks to acquire title to real property by adverse possession must demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that their possession of the property "was hostile, under a claim of right, actual, open, notorious, and exclusive, and it must have been continuous for the statutory period" (Barnett v Nelson,
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