Murphy v. State

The claimant appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding damages for a partial taking of lands in connection with the widening of Route 38 in Tioga County.

For the taking of some three tenths of an acre of land the Court of Claims awarded the appellant $15,585, of which $725 *82was found to be direct damages and $14,860 for consequential damages. The appellant’s expert testified that the value before the taking was $85,100 and that the after value was $56,100, while the State’s expert stated the corrected value before the taking to be $62,000 and the…