Leeds v. State
New York Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Memobaitdttm. The order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs. The difficulty with the position taken by the dissenting Judges is that the entry upon claimant’s land by the State was equivocal with respect to how much land or what property rights were being expropriated. Claimant was not in a position to prepare and file a claim without knowing whether the State was appropriating an easement or fee title or how much land was being taken in either event. This could not be known since no maps, plans or descriptions available to claimant had been filed or in any other manner become…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Kohlasch v. New York State Thruway AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Vitale v. PintoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Leeds v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1967