N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1944: Hearing and final order upon non-appearance of adverse claimants

§ 1944. Hearing and final order upon non-appearance of adverse

claimants. Upon the return day named in said notice the court shall

proceed summarily to inquire into the truth of the matters set forth in

the petition, and may appoint a referee for that purpose, and if there

shall be no appearance by any person claiming any adverse interest to

the petitioners in the real property described in the petition, the

court may make a final order declaring that the title of the petitioner

to such real property has been judicially established, which final

order, together with the petition and order for and proof of publication

of the notice, and the proofs taken before the court or referee shall be

filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the real

property is situated, and such final order shall be evidence of the

facts so declared to be established thereby in all courts and places,

and thereafter no action or proceeding for the recovery of the real

property described in said final order or any part thereof, or of any

interest therein, shall be maintained by any person named as a defendant

in the notice of pendency of action referred to in section 1941, or by

any person or persons claiming under such defendant or either of them.