Keinz v. State

These are cross appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims. An award was made to claimants in consequence of the appropriation of a portion of their property for the construction of a State highway along the shore of Irondequoit Bay. The chief question presented is whether loss of view was correctly held compensable. Prior to the appropriation, claimants’ lot extended to the shore line of the bay. Construction of the highway required the taking of a one-foot strip of their premises, their riparian rights, and certain structures. They have been deprived of all access to the water, and a…