Karras v. Michaelis

The State acquired by condemnation property of petitioner’s contract vendors, Mollica. A settlement of the Mollicas ’ claim against the State for damages for the taking was made for $17,000. The State also ‘ ‘ deeded us back ’ ’, as Mr. Mollica testified (or released an easement as other parts of the record suggest), a portion of the property taken. That portion is the subject of this proceeding. The contract vendee of the land, petitioner Karras, applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Hempstead for a variance permitting the erection of a one-family dwelling.

Coneededly, as…