First Construction Co. v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
' Cross-appeals by the claimant, First Construction Company of Brooklyn, and by the defendant, The State of New York, from a determination of the Board of Claims, entered in the office of the clerk of said Board of Claims on the 21st day of May, 1915, awarding the claimant compensation in the sum of $1,081,516.50, with interest, for lands appropriated for the purposes of a canal terminal.
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' Cross-appeals by the claimant, First Construction Company of Brooklyn, and by the defendant, The State of New York, from a determination of the Board of Claims, entered in the office of the clerk of said Board of Claims on the 21st day of May, 1915, awarding the claimant compensation in the sum of $1,081,516.50, with interest, for lands appropriated for the purposes of a canal terminal. Determination unanimously affirmed, without costs, on the opinion of the official referee.
1Opinion of the Court
The following is the opinion of the official referee:
Haight, Referee:
The stipulation of the parties under which the above-entitled case was referred to me requires a determination of the questions of the title to the lands involved in the claim of the First Construction Company, including the fee of the streets, and all other questions of law, the determination of which is necessary for the disposition of the claim.
In order to determine the legal questions it became necessary to enter upon an extended investigation of many statutes, records, documents and maps, including the taking of the…
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