Lieberthal v. State

The State appeals from a judgment awarding damages in an appropriation case and the claimant cross-appeals on the ground that the award is inadequate. The State contends that the court’s method of computing direct and consequential damages was erroneous and also urges that the admission into evidence of a partial advance payment was error. The claimant, through solely owned corporations, acquired 100 acres of land in 1956 situated along Route 9 and Moffitt Road, located about one-half mile north of the Plattsburgh City line. (All references herein to acreage and feet are approximate.) The…