O'KEEFFE V. SNYDER
83 N.J. 478, 416 A.2d 862 (1980)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Snyder (D) appealed a grant of summary judgment in O'Keeffe's (P)
favor in an action for replevin.
FACTS: O'Keeffe (P) claimed that she owned three paintings, and that they had been stolen
from her thirty years earlier in 1946 from a New York art gallery. Snyder (D) claimed he
bought the three paintings for value, that the six-year statute of limitations for replevin
had run, and that the paintings were his through adverse possession. D impleaded third party
defendant, Frank, from whom D purchased the paintings from in 1975 for $35,000. The trial
court granted summary judgment for D on the ground that the six-year statute of limitations
had run. The appellate court reversed; the defenses of expiration of the statute of
limitations and title by adverse possession were identical and D had not established adverse
possession and thus P could still enforce her right to possession of the paintings. A
majority of the court determined that the paintings were in fact stolen. D appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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