In re Acquiring Title by the County of Nassau

This is a motion by the county of Nassau to confirm the report of commissioners appointed in the proceeding instituted by the county to acquire certain lands for the widening of an existing highway. Objections have been interposed by owners abutting upon the highway whose lands have thus been taken for the widening of the highway.

One of such objections is that the commissioners failed to award any compensation for trees. These trees were not on the property actually taken. On the contrary, they were within the bounds of the highway as it existed before the contemplated widening. The claim of…