Laken Realty Corp. v. State

Appeal by the State from a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the claimant for the appropriation of a portion of claimant’s lands in the Town of Newburgh, Orange County, and cross appeal by claimant on the ground of inadequacy. For the taking of 34.499 acres of its lands, claimant was awarded $62,098 for direct damages, which the State does not contest, but it does challenge the award of $98,370 for consequential damages, while the claimant’s objections are directed to the inadequacy of the direct damages. Prior to the appropriation the claimant was the owner of 154.599 acres of land…