Opinion
January 6, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Fulton County (White, J.).
The complaint in this action seeks money damages from defendants for their entry upon plaintiff's property without permission and the destruction of the wooden fence marking the boundary line between adjoining property of plaintiff and defendants. Defendants answered and moved to dismiss the action (CPLR 3211 [a] [1] [on documentary evidence, viz., the deed]) and for leave to amend their answer to add counterclaims for a declaratory judgment and injunction. Plaintiff cross-moved to amend her bill of particulars to specifically state that her claim for damages is based upon the doctrine of acquiescence. Supreme Court, inter alia, granted plaintiff's motion to amend her bill of particulars and this appeal by defendants followed.
In our view Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in allowing plaintiff to amend her bill of particulars. The statements in plaintiff's bill of particulars demonstrate that a question of fact exists as to whether the parties concerned acquiesced in a fixed boundary represented by the fence for the statutory period required for adverse possession (see, Markowski v. Ferrari, 174 A.D.2d 793, 794, lv dismissed 78 N.Y.2d 1061). Supreme Court properly concluded that defendants were not prejudiced by the grant of this amendment (see, U.S. Cablevision Corp. v. Theodoreau, 192 A.D.2d 835, 837; see also, Sabol Rice v Poughkeepsie Galleria Co., 175 A.D.2d 555, 556).
Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Crew III and Yesawich Jr., JJ., concur. Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.