Rockaway Peninsula Corp. v. State

Appeal and cross appeal from judgments of the Court of Claims awarding the claimant Rockaway Peninsula Corporation (Rockaway) a total of $815,000 and claimant Bargaintown U. S. A. No. 2 Corporation (Bargain-town) $16,000 for their respective interests in certain lands appropriated pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law. Involved are two separate parcels of land, one located to the east (Claim No. 39996) and the other to the west of the Rockaway Turnpike (Claim No. 38400). The easterly parcel, consisting of 2.25 acres, had been purchased by Rockaway in May, 1957 for $115,000. Since its…