Syracuse Ready-Mix Concrete Co. v. State

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: The State appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims which awarded direct and consequential damages to claimant for the taking of 1.197 acres from the south side of its property. Prior to the appropriation claimant owned 22 acres of land which was divided into two parcels by a railroad right of way. The appropriated land was taken from the eight-acre parcel south of the railroad, which had been used since 1955 in connection with the 13-acre parcel north of the railroad, in a sand and gravel washing operation. Prior to 1955 the lands…