Frantz v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding the respondents a total of $4,141, plus interest, for an appropriation made pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law. On March 30, 1962 respondents, the owners of roughly 8.5 unimproved acres located on the southerly side of Haskins Road in the Town of Kirkwood, Broome County, signed an agreement of adjustment proposed by an adjuster from the Department of Public Works which called for a settlement for their interests that were taken for $900. This agreement was returned to the Department of Public Works together with a release, an…