Eckert v. State

Appeal from a judgment, entered July 27, 1976, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. Claimants were the owners of a rectangular parcel of land on the easterly side of Yankee Place, Village of Ellenville, Ulster County, when, on July 9, 1970, the State appropriated two permanent easements for flood control purposes. One easement, consisting of approximately 0.15 acre, covers a portion of the streambed of Sandberg Creek, and the second easement, consisting of approximately 0.66 acre, covers most of claimants’ lands. For their sole use claimants are left with only about 0.318 acre on which is…