County of Westchester v. Wolcott

In a condemnation proceeding, the petitioner condemnor appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of a final decree of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered March 29, 1974, after a nonjury trial, as awarded respondent Wolcott compensation in the amount of $276,397 for the taking. Decree modified, on the facte, by reducing the award of compensation to $135,000. As so modified, decree affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs. The parcel at issue (a complete taking) consists of 30.641 acres, of which 12.696 abut the Hudson River and are underwater at high tide. As to the…