Legal Opinion
Stevens v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided December 11, 1959No. Claim No. 35971PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBernard Ryan, P. J.
Claimants as tenants in common are the owners of a building lot with 130 feet frontage and 183 feet depth located on the north side of Bast Main Street in the Village of Attica. Bast Main Street is State Highway No. 238. Claimants’ title extends to the center line of the 4-rod road. A 60-year-old Norway maple tree with a diameter of 12 to 15 inches stood on claimants’ lot but within the highway right *80of way. On November 20,1957 employees of the State Department of Public Works cut down the maple tree and carted it away. This was done without notice to the claimants or to the town authorities…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Donahue v. . Keystone Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Matter of Goodrich v. . Vil. of OtegoNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Evans v. . Keystone Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Messinger v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1944
- Tagg v. City of LockportAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Van Allen v. Town of KinderhookNew York Supreme Court · 1965
- Yris v. Comsewogue Union Free School District No. 3Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Crowell v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Crowell v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1961
- Opn. No., New York Attorney General Reports2011
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