Legal Opinion

Hall v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 3, 1905Published

Appeal from Court of Claims. Proceeding in the Court of Claims by Benjamin E. Hall against the state of New York. From a judgment for claimant for less than his demand, he .appeals. Affirmed.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, P. J.

In December, 1899, the claimant, Hall, filed a claim against the state for about 59 acres of land and a dam site which the state appropriated under the provisions ,of chapter 637,. Laws 1898. The value of the property, as then claimed, was-$12,000. Upon the first hearing before the Court of Claims, the-value of the property so taken was fixed at $2,000, and a judgment-rendered to the claimant for that amount. On appeal to this court,, such judgment was reversed, and a new trial awarded. See 72 App. Div. 360, 77 N. Y. Supp. 282. On a second trial before such court,. *957a judgment was rendered for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sanger v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. Hall v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Village of Port Henry v. KidderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  4. Hall v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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