Baker v. State

On or about June 4, 1908, the State of New York appropriated, for the improved canal, certain property of Edward Dixon in the village of Baldwinsville, at the intersection of Water and Syracuse streets. The property consisted of a plot of land twenty-two by about one hundred and fifty feet, with a store and outbuildings upon it. At the time of the appropriation, the property was leased by the owner, Dixon, to the claimants in this action, for a term of six years from November 12, 1907. The lease was duly recorded in the county clerk’s office of the county where the property was situated. The…