Long Island Lighting Co. v. Lambert

Memorastdum. Two appeals are before us, one from a preliminary judgment of condemnation and the second, from an order denying defendant’s application for an advance payment pursuant to chapter 1161 of the Laws of 1971.

The property in question was sought as part of a right of way for the emplacement of transmission lines from the utility’s Northport generating plant to its substation at South Commack. The entire right of way was 7.8 miles in length and the parcel which is the subject of the dispute herein comprises approximately 5,750 feet of it. Pursuant to an order entered in October, 1965,…