Legal Opinion
Matter of Suffolk (Van Bourgondien)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1979PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The County of Suffolk condemned the 19-acre parcel of property on which the Van Bourgondien family had conducted a flower-growing nursery business for over half a century. The property included a large greenhouse complex and several residences. The question before us is the proper method of valuing the property. Ordinarily a landowner is only entitled to the market value of his property in its highest and best use. However if a parcel is sufficiently unique it is a specialty and is valued by the so-called summation approach, at land value plus the replacement cost…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Hotel Paramount Corp. v. ChambersNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Marraro v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Rose v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- In re the County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Xerox Corp. v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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