Strassberg v. State

The State of New York undertook to widen Route 17B between Monticello' and White Lake, in Sullivan County, for which construction plans were drawn in 1955.

The job has been completed and 17B is a fine road covered with asphalt.

To perform this work, additional land was required on both the north and south sides of 17B. The plans were drawn on the basis of the existing road being a three-rod road. The owners whose land was taken which lay outside of the three-rod road either filed claims or settled their claims. The State settled many claims on the basis of the road being three rods wide.

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