Collins v. State
New York Court of Claims
Claim for damages “ for the permanent appropriation of the waters of Wood creek, ’ ’ in the town of Vienna, Oneida county.
1Opinion of the CourtCunningham, J.
At all the times herein mentioned the claimant was the owner of a farm of fifty-five and thirteen one-hundredths acres of land in the town of Vienna, Oneida county, the southerly boundary thereof being the center line of a stream of water known as Wood creek. This farm, prior to the acts of the state, was utilized as a dairy farm, a portion of it being used for pasture, and practically all the remainder of it being devoted to the raising of hay. About forty-five acres of the farm were overflowed each year prior to 1910 by the rising of the waters of Wood creek. It is asserted by the claimant…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Colrick v. . SwinburneNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Knox v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1890
- Van Buren v. Fishkill & M. W. Co.New York Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hackensack Water Company v. Village of NyackDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Noakes v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1918
- Williams v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1919
- Hartzell v. Village of HamburgNew York Supreme Court · 1935
- American Woolen Co. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1920