Payne v. Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Lyons, J.), entered December 22, 1992, which, inter alia, denied the State’s motion to dismiss claimants’ third cause of action.

In the mid-19th century, claimants’ ancestors developed and operated a private resort on property now known as Lake *788Minnewaska State Park in Ulster County (hereinafter the property). Ultimately, George H. Smiley & Son, Inc. (hereinafter the corporation) acquired title to the property. In 1958, the corporation entered into two agreements with Alfred Smiley and Ruth Smiley (hereinafter the Smileys), which, among other…