Iadovito v. DeCotes

211 A.D.3d 1441

179 N.Y.S.3d 627 (Mem)

Carmine IADOVITO et al., Respondents,

v. Arleen DECOTES, Individually and as Surviving Tenant by the Entirety of Norman D. DeCotes, Deceased, Defendant,andTodd DeCotes et al., Appellants.

534103

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Calendar Date: November 22, 2022

Decided and Entered: December 29, 2022

Jonathan Rosenberg, PLLC, New York City (Jonathan Rosenberg of counsel), for appellants.

Brian T. Edwards, Monticello, for respondents.

Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Pritzker, Ceresia and Fisher, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Pritzker, J. Appeal from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court (Stephan G. Schick, J.), entered November 3, 2014 in Sullivan County, which, among other things, partially granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiffs own real property in the Town of Rockland, Sullivan County, located off of Old Route 17 which can be accessed by a 15–foot right-of-way (hereinafter Kellam Road). Plaintiffs’ right to use Kellam Road is described in various deeds and is depicted in a 2002 survey of the property. Plaintiffs commenced this action against, among others, defendants Todd DeCotes and Cecelia DeCotes (hereinafter collectively referred to as defendants), who are adjoining property owners, for interfering with plaintiffs’ use of Kellam Road. Following joinder of issue, plaintiffs moved for summary judgment on their first cause of action, arguing that they are entitled to use Kellam Road. Defendants opposed this motion and cross-moved to dismiss the complaint. At oral argument, Supreme Court sought clarity as to whether defendants disputed the right of plaintiffs to use Kellam Road, to which defendants replied that they did not dispute this. After determining that plaintiffs’ desired remedy was a finding affirming their right to use Kellam Road, the parties consented to the court issuing a judgment reinforcing this right as outlined in plaintiffs’ deed. Supreme Court, upon the parties’ stipulation, denied defendants’ cross motion for dismissal and partially granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, declaring their right to the unobstructed use of the easement over Kellam Road. The court denied that aspect of plaintiffs’ motion that sought injunctive relief. Defendants appeal.

"It is well established that no appeal lies from an order entered by consent upon the stipulation of the appealing party" ( Matter of Warren County Commr. of Social Servs. v. Bratis, 189 A.D.3d 1715, 1716, 137 N.Y.S.3d 203 [3d Dept. 2020] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see CPLR 5511 ; Matter of Warren v. Warren, 166 A.D.3d...