Greenhaus v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered October 16, 1956, upon a decision of the Court of Claims.

The State appropriated a portion of claimants’ land for high-

way purposes for widening, straightening and grade changes in Route 199 near Red Hook, Dutchess County. The taking was a strip of land along the highway on claimants’ farm, on a frontage of about 2,196 feet. The taking brought the edge of the State highway line and the pavement somewhat nearer to a tenant house dwelling.

There was a change in grade at this point causing water to run toward the house and into the cellar,…