Dellas v. McMorran

This is a proceeding under article 78 of the CPLR, brought by petitioners to compel payment of the sum of $6,159.60, alleged to be interest due under an award and judgment of the Court of Claims.

The following facts appear without controversy. The State appropriated lands and buildings of petitioners in the Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County, and took possession thereof immediately on August 31, 1961. On December 29, 1961 petitioners filed their claim. There were mortgages on the property at the time, and three lessees held leases on various parcels of the property. The lessees filed claims on…