Board of Supervisors v. Lawrence Brook Corp.

Appeal from final order and judgment confirming the report of a commission appointed under section 150 of the Highway Law, to obtain a strip of land 100 to 150 feet wide, across defendant’s premises, to be used for the construction of an improved concrete highway. Defendant’s premises consist of about ten acres of land, for which $8,100 has recently been paid. Its value arises largely because of the location upon Indian lake. It was bounded on three sides by lands belonging to the State of New York, and on the fourth by the shore line. Two cottages fronted the lake. The old highway was a dirt *893…