Tauzel v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered February 21, 1980, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Rossetti, J.). Claimants were the owners of a parcel of land situated on both sides of Route 7 in the Town of Maryland, Otsego County, when, on June 1, 1977, the State appropriated 18.338 acres thereof in fee and without access and a permanent easement of 0.273 acre pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law. Following a trial of the claim, the court ultimately determined that claimants had sustained direct damages of $8,250, consequential damages of $16,650 and temporary occupancy…