Esso Standard Oil Co. v. State

Appeal from a judgment entered on a decision rendered after trial in the Court of Claims. Claimant Esso Standard Oil was the lessee under a 20-year lease of land in G-ouverneur, a portion of which was appropriated by the State for highway purposes. The leased premises were used as a gasoline station. Although only a part of the leasehold was appropriated, it is not disputed that the part taken was so located that it was impractical to use the remainder for a gasoline station and the Court of Claims has found that there was “ not sufficient land remaining ” for ingress and egress of users of…