County of Warren v. State

At the time of the appropriation the claimant was the owner of approximately 115 acres of land in the Town of Queensbury, fronting on Route 9 and a street known as Gurney Lane. Route 9 is a highly travelled State highway leading from the City of Glens Palls to Lake George and being the main artery of traffic between New York City and Montreal.

The claimant acquired this property in 1919. The minutes of the Board of Supervisors of Warren County indicate that it was purchased as a site for a County hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis. The hospital was built and used for the treatment of…