Frankfater v. State

Involved here is a five-foot-wide strip in Sullivan County which the State proposes to utilize to widen Route 17B. The property in question was retained by respondents from a larger piece of property they are in the process of subdividing for development. While the deed recites as the purpose of the reservation to lay water lines, in fact the water lines have been laid to the rear of the property and respondents now claim the real reason for the reservation was so that a wall could be erected between Route 17B and the development to prevent commercial use of property abutting the road. The…