Danes v. . State of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered October 4, 1915, affirming a determination of the Board of Claims in favor of the claimants. The nature’of the claim and the facts, so far as material, are stated hi the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered October 4, 1915, affirming a determination of the Board of Claims in favor of the claimants. The nature’of the claim and the facts, so far as material, are stated hi the opinion. The title to the bed of the Mohawk river at the place in question is in the state, and these claimants, as riparian owners, do not take to the center of the stream nor have they any rights in the land under water of the Mohawk river. (Hill’s Waterways & Canal Construction, 10, 17, 24, 25, 26, 28, 41; People…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The question presented here by the arguments of counsel is, are the respondents entitled to have added to the sum of the compensation awarded for land owned by them in Schenectady county, contiguous to the Mohawk river and taken for the barge canal, a sum as compensation for the land, connected with those uplands, under and to the center line of the river. The determination of the Board of Claims awarded the additional compensation by this language: “And that said claimants are entitled to recover from the State of New York one thousand dollars, in addition to the above siim of $8,050, by…
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