In re City of Syracuse

In this proceeding under the Condemnation Law the petitioner seeks to take certain land in the of Geddes, Onondaga county, for the purpose of furnishing a site for the laying of a line of water pipe. The right of the petitioner to take land for this purpose is undoubted, but it can only take such land as is reasonably necessary for the purpose. We agree with the learned official referee, to whom the matter was referred, that the location of the pipe line as determined by the city authorities *523should not be disturbed. The trouble we find with the judgment is that it clearly appears that more…