Congregation of the Sons of Israel v. State

Appeal from a judgment, entered March 2, 1976, upon a decision of the Court of Claims which awarded claimant the sum of $142,000 plus interest as damages for a permanent appropriation of its property for highway purposes. Claimant was the owner of a synagogue in the City of Amsterdam which was being utilized at the *795time of the appropriation as a house of worship, a religion school and meeting hall for religious, social and community activities. It had been similarly used for many years prior to its taking and, absent appropriation, would have continued to be so used for many years in the…