County of Onondaga v. White

The bridge carrying traffic on the Jamesville-Onativia Road over the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad was closed by order of the State Public Service Commission in 1965 in the interest of public safety. Claimants Laura and Virgil White are owner and tenant, respectively, of a farm on the Jamesville-Onativia Road adjacent to the bridge. In 1965 the County of Onondaga commenced' condemnation in the County Court for 1.62 acres of claimants’ land for the purpose of improving the road. Claimants thereafter instituted a proceeding in the Supreme Court under subdivision 12 of section 231 of…