Darrow v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered June 3, 1971, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. Claimants owned approximately 310 acres of land operated as a dairy farm in the Town of Root, County of Montgomery. On June 12, 1967, the State appropriated approximately 7.3 acres of land pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law, thus dividing claimant’s land into two separate sections. Expert witnesses for both sides agreed that the highest and best use of the property before the taking was as a dairy farm and the trial court so found. Claimant’s appraiser assigned a before value of…