Spears v. Berle

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

Petitioners own two family businesses in Port Jervis, New York, which manufacture and sell sand, stone, gravel, humus, cement, asphalt, cinder blocks, cement blocks, redi-mix concrete and allied masonry products. Petitioners purchased two properties which they leased to these businesses for the purpose of obtaining raw materials. One property, the "Culver” property, is a 50-acre parcel containing 38 acres of freshwater wetland known as "Cold Brook”. The second piece is the "Cejwin” property consisting of 43 acres containing an eight-acre area known as…