Ridgeway Associates, Inc. v. State

Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered November 8, 1967, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. Prior to the appropriations herein claimants were the owners of 100.276 acre tract of land located in the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County. The 100 acres which comprised this single tract had been acquired by claimants in a series of transactions for residential development purposes. As a result of the appropriation in fee of 20.865 acres on December 15, 1961, this tract was divided into two separate parcels, one consisting of 71.8 acres to the west of the appropriated area,…