Wolfe v. State of New York

22 N.Y.2d 292 (1968)

Richard W. Wolfe, Appellant,

v.

State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 41115.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued April 3, 1968.

Decided June 6, 1968.

Donald W. Kramer for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jean M. Coon and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

Chief Judge FULD.

The claimant owned some 156 acres of land in the Town of Chenango. On the east of the property was Front Street, a main north-south highway, constituting for part of its length U. S. Route 11 and N. Y.…