Suffolk Cement Products, Inc. v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered June 8, 1973, which denied claimant’s motion to set aside a judgment entered July 27, 1972, and for a new trial. The State appropriated .405 of an acre in fee and a permanent slope easement on .528 of an acre of claimant’s property in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, for construction of a portion of the Long Island Expressway. Claimant’s claim was tried on April 12, 13 and 14, 1972 and judgment was entered July 27, 1972. The court found the highest and best use of claimant’s property was its then current use as a mining and…