Hewitt v. State

On March 25,1958, for purposes connected with the Niagara Power Project in the Niagara Falls area, the State of New York, on behalf of its Power Authority, *869appropriated in fee 105.864 acres of claimants’ lands. Prior to the taking, claimants’ premises consisted of 107.889 acres. Claimants’ remaining 2.025 acres were landlocked as result of the appropriation.

The issues here are typical to those frequently raised in subdivision property cases.

The only thing especially significant about this case, or different, from other potential subdivision cases, is the treatment of some of the claimants’…