Board of Hudson River Regulating District v. John A. Willard Realty & Lumber Co.

The property consists of approximately twenty-seven and one-half acres of unimproved land situate at the outskirts of the village of Northville, Fulton county. The commissioners have awarded $32,800 for the lands and for consequential or severance damages. The court may not deny confirmation because the award is liberal or even excessive, unless it is obviously and clearly wrong and is such as to shock the sense of justice of the court or unless the commission has adopted an erroneous rule or theory in determining damages. (Matter of City of Rochester, 234 App. Div. 583.)

The commission…