Lucas v. State

Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of the claimant, entered October 18, 1972, upon a decision of the Court of .Claims. Claimant is the owner of a house and lot on the comer of Sherman and Sheridan Avenues in the Chestnut Hill Park section of Mount Vernon, Hew York. In 1968, pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law, the State appropriated certain portions of this property, namely, a temporary easement of 0.061 acre and, in fee, a triangular section of land from the corner, measuring 20 feet on Sherman Avenue and 20 feet on Sheridan Avenue taken for the purpose of reconstructing the…