Baan v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered October 20, *9201978, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. In 1971, pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law, the State appropriated certain portions of the claimants’ real property. Prior to the taking, the claimants’ land was used principally as a farm and consisted of 95.4 acres separated by a highway. For appraisal purposes, the appraiser for each party separated the appropriated real property into three parcels. The claimants’ appraiser subdivided one parcel of the realty into three lots and, except for one lot consisting of…