Milsap v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered June 9, 1967, upon a decision of the Court of Claims, for the appropriation of a portion of claimants’ farm for the construction of New York State Route 12 in the Town of Hammond, St. Lawrence County. Appellants’ property consisted of 173.61 acres divided by a highway, Cook Road, which crossed the farm north to south. East of Cook Road were 20 acres of pasture and 80 acres of tillable land. West of the road there was a total of 73 acres. The State appropriated 8.201 plus or minus acres of appellants’ land. The appropriation runs generally…