McDonald v. State

Judgment unanimously modified, on the law and facts, in accordance with memorandum and as modified affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: The State appeals from a judgment awarding $62,000 for the partial taking of claimants’ real property. This corner property had formerly been designed, built and used as an animal hospital. The taking of 2,570 square feet of frontage on two streets damaged the site to a degree that the building could no longer be used for such purposes. Claimants maintained that the property was a specialty and relied entirely upon damages measured by replacement cost less…