Peter E. Sverd, one of our partners, was mentioned in this article from the New York Times.
Using his knowledge of the law, Peter was able to successfully file a lawsuit for his clients against the defunct New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway, which owned a portion of his client's property. The railway, which had been absorbed into the modern day Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in 1925, owned a right-of-way strip of property that had been forgotten about. At just under a block long and at 20 feet wide, it had been taken over by residents who considered it an extension of their own property line. Under a centuries old law, known as adverse possession, residents were able to claim the land for their personal use, as the piece of property was considered abandoned.
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