Legal Opinion
Hallock v. State
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1984PublishedCited by 871 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
A stipulation of settlement made by counsel in open court may bind his clients even where it exceeds his actual authority.
Plaintiffs, Carlton Hallock and Seeley Phillips, in 1968 purchased a 67.7-acre tract of land in Schoharie County, about two miles from the proposed site of a dam to be built by the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY). Plaintiffs intended to sell sand and gravel from their land to PASNY for use in construction of the dam, but the State, on behalf of PASNY, in 1969 appropriated the entire tract in fee. Plaintiffs filed a claim for…
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