Legal Opinion
Sparks v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 25, 1972No. Claim No. 44929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously modified, on the law and facts, to grant a new trial as to Parcel No. 80, Map No. 2077, and as so modified, affirmed, with costs to claimants. Memorandum: The court properly found that the appropriation of the 56.824 acres of claimants’ property (Parcel No. 80, Map No. 2077) not required for the Allegheny Reservoir Project was for State purposes having no necessary relationship to the reservoir, and that therefore the claimants were entitled to be compensated for the marked enhancement of value of this portion of their land caused by the adjoining Allegheny Reservoir…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. 959.68 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Mercer County, State Ofpennsylvania, and Arthur C. BurdetteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
3Cited by5 opinions
- Sparks v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Bell v. Village of PolandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Wheatfield Properties Co. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- in re the Acquisition of Real Property by the Town of GlenvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Mattice v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1976