Hall v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Benjamin E. Hall, from 'a 'judgment, of the Court of Claims of the State of New York in favor of the plaintiff for $2,958.80, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 15th day of September, 1903, the amount of. the award being claimed by the appellant to be insufficient..
1Opinion of the Court
Chester, J.:
The claimant and his sister, Ermina P. Hall, were owners of certain lands on both sides of the Saranac river. About sixty acres of these lands, including an undeveloped water power thereon, were appropriated by the State, pursuant to chapter 627 of the Laws of 1898. Such appropriation was made on the 13th day of December, 1898. The owners and the State were unablé to agree upon the value of the property so appropriated or on the amount of damages resulting therefrom. Ermina P. Hall thereafter assigned to the claimant all her interest in the' claim for damages for such…
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- Hall v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905