Irv-Ceil Realty Corp. v. State

Appeal from a judgment, entered June 28, 1972, upon a decision of the Court of Claims which awarded claimant $231,022, plus interest, for the appropriation of its land for highway purposes. Claimant owned a 1.626-aere parcel of land situated on the northerly side of the Jericho Turnpike in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County. The property was developed in three sections: a restaurant and parking lot; a children’s amusement park; and a miniature golf course. It was located in a general business zone and its highest and best use before the appropriation was for highway commercial use…